title: [Predictive value of latex agglutination on Helicobacter pylori in children with recurrent abdominal pain].
abstract: In a prospective investigation, a rapid latex test for Helicobacter pylori in the serum (Pyloriset) was carried out in 39 patients with recurrent abdominal pain aged from six to 15 years. The test was positive in 19 patients. All of these children were subjected to gastroduodenoscopy. Seven cases showed a Helicobacter-associated chronic active antrum gastritis, whereas in the remaining 12 children gastritis not induced by Helicobacter or normal mucosa was found. Of the 20 Pyloriset-negative patients, only five could be biopsied. One of these showed a Helicobacter pylori-induced antrum gastritis. The latex test investigated had a positive predictive value which was too low (37%) to make it helpful in deciding for or against gastroduodenoscopy and the general anesthesia mostly associated with this.
authors.affiliation: Kinderabteilung, Landeskrankenhaus Steyr.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ploier
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rezanka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Emhofer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dorninger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feichtinger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haidinger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schwarzlmüller
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests
vernacular_title: Praediktiver Wert einer Latex-Agglutination auf Helicobacter pylori bei Kindern mit rezidivierenden abdominellen Beschwerden.