Sensitivity of a novel stool antigen test for detection of Helicobacter pylori in adult outpatients before and after eradication therapy.
We investigated whether a novel monoclonal stool antigen test for detection of Helicobacter pylori performs with the same accuracy as the (13)C-urea breath test (UBT) for adult outpatients in the setting of a private office. The two tests showed identical levels of sensitivity when used to identify H. pylori-infected patients before and after eradication therapy.
Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München, 80336 Munich, Germany.
Vincens
V
Weingart
Holger
H
Rüssmann
Sibylle
S
Koletzko
Josef
J
Weingart
Wilhelm
W
Höchter
Michael
M
Sackmann
D000328:Adult; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D001706:Biopsy; D001944:Breath Tests; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014508:Urea
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D014508:Urea