title: Anti H.pylori IgM in symptomatic and asymptomatic population.
abstract: To evaluate the usefulness of specific IgM in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection, a cross sectional study was carried out in the Department of Microbiology, Mymensingh Medical College between July 2006 to June 2007. A total of 45 patients having upper gastrointestinal symptoms underwent endoscopy and were subsequently diagnosed as patients with gastritis, peptic ulcer (PU) and non-ulcer dyspepsia (NUD) and another 45 asymptomatic individuals aged 18-65 years, were included in the study. The serum samples of participants were tested for presence of anti-H pylori IgM by using ELISA method. The ELISA for anti H. pylori IgM provided sensitivity and specificity of 73.33%, 93.33% respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. asma_sumona@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sumona
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Musa
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Shamsuzzaman
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mahmud
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Begum
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Zahan
authors.forename: M U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Debnath
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Anne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D007075:Immunoglobulin M