Helicobacter pylori breath testing in an open access system has a high rate of potentially false negative results due to protocol violations

Helicobacter

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 391-395

  Olafsson, Snorri ^a   Patel, Bhaveshkumar ^a   Jackson, Christian ^b   Cai, Jin ^c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

False negative; H. pylori; Urea breath test

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BISMUTH; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; UREA BREATH TEST; BREATH ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

BREATH TESTS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84866293645     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2012.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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