Open AccessThe diagnostic accuracy of rapid urease biopsy test compared to histopathology in implementing "test and treat" policy for Helicobacter pylori
Author(s) -
Asitava Deb Roy,
Swapna Deuri,
Umesh Chandra Dutta
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of applied and basic medical research/international journal of applied and basic medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-9606
pISSN - 2229-516X
DOI - 10.4103/2229-516x.174003
Subject(s) - rapid urease test , histopathology , helicobacter pylori , gold standard (test) , biopsy , medicine , malignancy , gastroenterology , predictive value , diagnostic accuracy , pathology , helicobacter pylori infection
Helicobacter pylori is one of the most important causes of the varied spectrum of gastroduodenal diseases. It is important to have a rapid diagnostic method to detect the organism so as to initiate the treatment early and check its progression to malignancy.