Comparison of stool antigen test with gastric biopsy for the detection of Helicobacter Pylori infection | Zendy

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Comparison of stool antigen test with gastric biopsy for the detection of Helicobacter Pylori infection

Author(s) -

Majid Sharbatdaran,

Mehrdad Kashifard,

Shahriar Shefaee,

Sepideh Siadati,

Babak Jahed,

Samaneh Asgari

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

pakistan journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1682-024X

pISSN - 1681-715X

DOI - 10.12669/pjms.291.2865

Subject(s) - medicine , gastric biopsy , helicobacter pylori , helicobacter pylori infection , helicobacter infections , biopsy , antigen , gastroenterology , gastritis , immunology

Helicobacter Pylori (H.pylori) is one of the most important causes of dyspepsia and diagnosis can be made by invasive or non-invasive methods. One of the non-invasive methods, H.pylori stool antigen test (HpSA) is simple, fast and relatively inexpensive. According to this view with regard to gastric biopsy as a gold standard the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of this method were calculated.

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