[The urea breath test].
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.
Filipec
Tajana
T
Klinicka bolnica Merkur, Interna klinika, Zajceva 19, 10000 Zagreb.
Katicić
Miroslava
M
Papa
Branko
B
Colić-Cvrlje
Vesna
V
Prskalo
Marija
M
Tićak
Mirjana
M
Sabarić
Branka
B
Naumovski-Mihalić
Slavica
S
Skurla
Bruno
B
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
D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D014508:Urea