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7956797

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
46
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-27
pubmed:abstractText
The value of a modified 13C-urea breath test for the detection of Helicobacter pylori was analysed in a prospective study of 50 consecutive patients (28 women, 22 men, aged 20-90 years) with unknown Helicobacter pylori status about to undergo upper intestinal endoscopy. Four biopsies each were obtained in each patient from the antrum and the body of the stomach and examined for Helicobacter pylori infection of the gastric mucosa histologically (haematoxylin-eosin and Giemsa stain), with the rapid urease test and by culture. The patients then underwent a modified 13C-urea breath test. Results were positive histologically and(or) by culture in 29 patients, while the breath test was positive in 28 (sensitivity 96.3%). The breath test was falsely positive in two (specificity 91.3%). The biopsy urease test had a sensitivity of 96.3% with a 100% specificity. These results demonstrate that the modified 13C-urea breath test is a simple and accurate way of demonstrating Helicobacter pylori infection, equal in diagnostic value to the biopsy urease test.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0012-0472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1569-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
[The modified 13C-urea breath test in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori colonization of the gastric mucosa].
pubmed:affiliation
Medizinische Klinik, Ruhr-Universität, St.-Josef-Hospital, Bochum.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract