title: [The urea breath test].
abstract: Helicobacter pylori is infective cause of peptic ulcer and a risk factor for gastric carcinoma. The discovery of the bacterial ed to importance of finding a new reliable and inexpensive diagnostic method for detection of infection before and after eradication therapy. Urea breath test is isotope based test. It has become the most specific and sensitive method in detection of Helicobacter pylori infection, therefore many other isotope based tests become popular in diagnostic of gastrointestinal diseases. Because of its simplicity and no need in using endoscopy in the procedure it is very popular in primary diagnosis and in controlling eradication. It is successfully used in diagnostics of Helicobacter pylori and bacteria eradication success testing, where it is one of most reliable diagnostic methods.
authors.affiliation: Klinicka bolnica Merkur, Interna klinika, Zajceva 19, 10000 Zagreb.
authors.forename: Tajana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Filipec
authors.forename: Miroslava
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katicić
authors.forename: Branko
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Colić-Cvrlje
authors.forename: Marija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prskalo
authors.forename: Mirjana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tićak
authors.forename: Branka
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sabarić
authors.forename: Slavica
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naumovski-Mihalić
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Skurla
mesh_terms: D001944:Breath Tests / Q000379:methods; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000032:analysis; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D014508:Urea
chemical_list: D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D014508:Urea