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9780563

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-11-4
pubmed:abstractText
Screening for Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients may improve selectivity for gastroscopy. Rapid serological tests based on ELISA technique are cheap, readily available and simple to use in the clinical setting. However local evaluation is essential in order to validate these techniques. Fifty-six dyspeptic patients (aged less than 45 yr) had a rapid serological test (Helisal) performed prior to gastroscopy. At gastroscopy H. pylori status was assessed using culture and histology. The Helisal sensitivity was 80 per cent, specificity 82 per cent. Screening patients with the Helisal test would have missed 6 patients with peptic ulcer disease and 2 with oesophagitis. The Helisal test did not perform satisfactorily as a screening test in selection of patients for gastroscopy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0021-1265
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
167
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
152-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Rapid serological diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori: a need for caution and re-evaluation.
pubmed:affiliation
Day Procedure Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article