Non-invasive diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection: simplified ¹³C-urea breath test, stool antigen testing, or DNA PCR in human feces in a clinical laboratory setting?

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• 作者：Zambon ; Carlo-Federico ; Basso ; Daniela ; Navaglia ; Filippo ; Mazza ; Saverio ; Razetti ; Monica ; et. al.
• 关键词：Helicobacter pylori ; ¹³C-Urea breath test ; Stool antigen ; PCR
• 刊名：Clinical Biochemistry
• 出版年：2004
• 出版时间：April, 2004
• 年：2004
• 卷：37
• 期：4
• 页码：261-267
• 全文大小：149 K

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Objectives: (1) To compare two stool antigen EIAs (HpSA, FemtoLab) and PCR of ureaseA and cagA in feces, with ¹³C-urea breath test (UBT). (2) To ascertain whether a simplified UBT (breath collection time = 10 min) is as reliable as the standard assay (30 min).