Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori: What should be the gold standard?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 36, 2014, Pages 12847-12859

  Patel, Saurabh Kumar ^a   Pratap, Chandra Bhan ^a   Jain, Ashok Kumar ^a   Gulati, Anil Kumar ^a   Nath, Gopal ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gold standard; Helicobacter pylori review; Invasive tests; Nested polymerase chain reaction; Non invasive tests; Polymerase chain reaction detection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPID UREASE TEST; REVIEW; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH MUCOSA; TOOTH PLAQUE; UREA BREATH TEST; BIOPSY; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; FECES; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STOMACH;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROLOGY; STOMACH;

EID: 84922785798     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i36.12847     Document Type: Review

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