Evaluation of Urea Breath Test for the Detection of Helicobacter pylori Infection / 대한임상미생물학회지
Korean Journal of Clinical Microbiology
; : 111-115, 2000.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-128969
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is closely associated with gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric carcinoma. We evaluated the reliability and usefulness of 73C-urea breath test (13C-UBT) for the detection of H. pylori infection and searched for the cut-off value of the test.METHOD:
We investigated 45 patients, who underwent esophagoduodenoscopy with multiple biopsy specimens taken for culture, histology and rapid urease test, and 13C-UBT. Sensitivity and specificity of UBT were calculated against the combined biopsy-based test results.RESULT:
Of 45 patients, 26 were found to be H. pylori-positive according to combined biopsy-based test-results. Sensitivity and specificity of the 13C-UBT were 100.0% and 89.5 %, respectively.CONCLUSION:
The urea breath test provides a simple and reliable and noninvasive method of assessing HL pylori infection status.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Peptic Ulcer
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Urea
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Urease
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Biopsy
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Breath Tests
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Helicobacter pylori
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Helicobacter
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Gastritis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article