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Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection
Author(s) -
McNulty Cliodna A. M.,
Lehours Philippe,
Mégraud Francis
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
helicobacter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.206
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1523-5378
pISSN - 1083-4389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2011.00875.x
Subject(s) - helicobacter pylori , helicobacter pylori infection , medicine , helicobacter , helicobacter infections , microbiology and biotechnology , gastroenterology , biology
When an endoscopy is performed, it now becomes easier to observe indirect evidence of the presence of a Helicobacter pylori infection, given the progress of new methods including magnifying narrow band imaging or confocal laser endomicroscopy. Out of the biopsy‐based tests, the novel original method proposed concerned culture in a broth medium with or without antibiotics and ELISA detection of H. pylori . New stool antigen tests are still appearing with no major improvement in comparison with the monoclonal‐based tests already on the market. The combination of pepsinogen detection to H. pylori serology is now more and more evaluated to detect preneoplastic lesions.