[Determination of chymotrypsin in the feces by a new photometric method].
Fecal chymotrypsin (FCT) was determined in stool specimens of healthy children and those with gastro-intestinal disease, by a new photometric method. The values are comparable with chymotrypsin concentrations found by pH-stat method. The new test is cheap, reliable and easy to perform. For this reasons and for the sensitivity of all tubeless pancreatic function tests (NBT-PABA, FDL, FCT) is rather low (60-70%), the FCT-test may be preferred as diagnostic marker for differential diagnosis of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000032:analysis*; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000378:metabolism; D005243:Feces / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000378:metabolism; D010783:Photometry
D002918:Chymotrypsin
Bestimmung des Chymotrypsins im Stuhl mit einer neuen photometrischen Methode.