2000
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.2000.00096.x
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Invasive and non‐invasive tests for Helicobacter pylori infection

Abstract: Summary There are two general ways in which a diagnosis of infection by Helicobacter pylori can be made: by using either an invasive or non‐invasive procedure. The invasive procedures involve an endoscopy and biopsy. A biopsy is essential because often the mucosa may appear macroscopically normal but nevertheless be inflamed. A biopsy is obtained by histological examination, culture, polymerase chain reaction or detection of the presence of urease activity in biopsy material. The non‐invasive tests that can be… Show more

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“…The H. pylori stool antigen enzyme immunoassay has been validated in various regions of the world with comparable sensitivities and specificities (13,31). However, a potential problem with the H. pylori stool antigen test appears to be patient reluctance about stool handling, and this could prove to be a significant obstacle in patient compliance and the acceptability of the test in everyday clinical practice (5,34).…”
Section: Immunodiagnosis Of H Pylori Infection Is Attractive In Com-mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The H. pylori stool antigen enzyme immunoassay has been validated in various regions of the world with comparable sensitivities and specificities (13,31). However, a potential problem with the H. pylori stool antigen test appears to be patient reluctance about stool handling, and this could prove to be a significant obstacle in patient compliance and the acceptability of the test in everyday clinical practice (5,34).…”
Section: Immunodiagnosis Of H Pylori Infection Is Attractive In Com-mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the performance of the test has been associated with some disadvantages. Although it is less costly than endoscopy, the urea breath test requires a specialized technician and expensive instrumentation that is not available in routine clinical laboratories (a scintillation counter or a mass spectrometer) for analyzing and handling the radioactive isotope in a specific way; also, patients may be hesitant to ingest radioactive test material (31). Enzyme immunoassays have been used to detect H. pylori infection in human secretions, such as feces, urine, and saliva (14).…”
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“…L'accuratezza del urea breath test, sia nella diagnosi primaria sia dopo terapia eradicante, è oramai indiscussa; dai lavori in letteratura emergono ottime percentuali di sensibilità e specificità. Dalla media dei risultati dei lavori riassunti nelle tabelle 2 e 3, i valori di sensibilità e specificità dell'urea breath test sono rispettivamente del 97.6% e 97% pre trattamento e del 95% e 97% dopo terapia eradicante (32)(33)(34). Anche per quanto riguarda l'età pediatrica con il protocollo messo appunto da Bazzoli F et al (31) i valori di sensibilità e specificità nella diagnosi primaria si assestano attorno al 97%.…”
Section: Urea Breath Test (Ubt)unclassified
“…Svantaggi -esattamente come per l'urea breath test, anche in questo caso vi può essere interferenza con farmaci antisecretivi ed antibiotici e pertanto viene consigliato un periodo di cosiddetto di "wash out" (astensione dall'assunzione di antibiotici nel mese precedente ed antisecretivi nei 15 giorni precedenti l'esame); -viene segnalata la possibile interazione con altri antigeni batterici. Gli studi sull'accuratezza del test fecale riportano percentuali di sensibilità e specificità comparabili con quelle dell'urea breath test per quanto riguarda la prima diagnosi di infezione, attorno ad un 92-93%, mentre nel post terapia eradicante esiste una certa variabilità di risultati da parte dei vari autori (32)(33)(34)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40). Tali differenze potrebbero in parte dipendere dal fatto che il test usato come "gold standard" con il quale confrontare l'HpSA non è stato lo stesso in tutti gli studi.…”
Section: Grafico 1 Andamento Della Risposta Della Sierologia (In Altounclassified
“…Serology is widely used for screening patients for H. pylori infection. It has a good sensitivity, is quick and relatively inexpensive, but has low specificity since antibody titers remain high for years after H. pylori eradication and have limited value to confirm H. pylori active infection [10]. The UBT provides a reliable noninvasive method for detection of H. pylori infection with sensitivity and specificity of 88-95% and 95%-100% respectively [7].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%