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Article: An evaluation of invasive and non-invasive tests for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in Chinese

TitleAn evaluation of invasive and non-invasive tests for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in Chinese
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Issue Date2001
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/APT
Citation
Alimentary Pharmacology And Therapeutics, 2001, v. 15 n. 4, p. 505-511 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: Different tests are available for diagnosing Helicobacter pylori infection. Aim: To compare the most commonly used tests either alone or in combination in Chinese patients with respect to routine clinical use or research purpose. Methods: A total of 294 consecutive dyspeptic patients without previous H. pylori treatment were recruited. During upper endoscopy, biopsies were taken from the antrum and corpus, for a commercially available CLO-test, an in-house rapid urease test, culture, polymerase chain reaction and histological examination. Patients then received a 13C-urea breath test. The H. pylori status of each patient was determined by a concordance of test results. Results: For routine clinical use, histology (antral plus corpus biopsies) had an accuracy of 100%, whilst the rapid urease test had an accuracy of 99.7%. The 13C-urea breath test was equally reliable, with an accuracy of 94.5%. Combinations of two tests did not confer additional advantage over the most accurate single test. For research purposes, the accuracy of using the criteria of two positives out of three diagnostic tests was 100% and equivocal results were not found. Conclusion: Histology with or without a rapid urease test was highly accurate for routine clinical use. Alternatively, the 13C-urea breath test was an equally reliable non-invasive test. The two positives out of three tests approach was highly reliable in predicting H. pylori status of untreated Chinese patients in a research setting.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/76834
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dc.contributor.authorWong, BCYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, WMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWang, WHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTang, VSYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Jen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLai, KCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuen, STen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, SYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHu, WHCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, CKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHui, WMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLam, SKen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T07:25:25Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T07:25:25Z-
dc.date.issued2001en_HK
dc.identifier.citationAlimentary Pharmacology And Therapeutics, 2001, v. 15 n. 4, p. 505-511en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0269-2813en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/76834-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Different tests are available for diagnosing Helicobacter pylori infection. Aim: To compare the most commonly used tests either alone or in combination in Chinese patients with respect to routine clinical use or research purpose. Methods: A total of 294 consecutive dyspeptic patients without previous H. pylori treatment were recruited. During upper endoscopy, biopsies were taken from the antrum and corpus, for a commercially available CLO-test, an in-house rapid urease test, culture, polymerase chain reaction and histological examination. Patients then received a 13C-urea breath test. The H. pylori status of each patient was determined by a concordance of test results. Results: For routine clinical use, histology (antral plus corpus biopsies) had an accuracy of 100%, whilst the rapid urease test had an accuracy of 99.7%. The 13C-urea breath test was equally reliable, with an accuracy of 94.5%. Combinations of two tests did not confer additional advantage over the most accurate single test. For research purposes, the accuracy of using the criteria of two positives out of three diagnostic tests was 100% and equivocal results were not found. Conclusion: Histology with or without a rapid urease test was highly accurate for routine clinical use. Alternatively, the 13C-urea breath test was an equally reliable non-invasive test. The two positives out of three tests approach was highly reliable in predicting H. pylori status of untreated Chinese patients in a research setting.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/APTen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofAlimentary Pharmacology and Therapeuticsen_HK
dc.rightsAlimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Copyright © Blackwell Publishing Ltd.en_HK
dc.subject.meshBiopsyen_HK
dc.subject.meshBreath Testsen_HK
dc.subject.meshCarbon Isotopes - diagnostic useen_HK
dc.subject.meshChinaen_HK
dc.subject.meshEndoscopyen_HK
dc.subject.meshHelicobacter Infections - diagnosisen_HK
dc.subject.meshHumansen_HK
dc.subject.meshPolymerase Chain Reactionen_HK
dc.subject.meshSensitivity and Specificityen_HK
dc.subject.meshStomach - pathologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshUrease - analysisen_HK
dc.titleAn evaluation of invasive and non-invasive tests for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in Chineseen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.openurlhttp://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0269-2813&volume=15&issue=4&spage=505&epage=511&date=2000&atitle=An+evaluation+of+invasive+and+non-invasive+tests+for+the+diagnosis+of+Helicobacter+pylori+infection+in+Chineseen_HK
dc.identifier.emailWong, BCY:bcywong@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailLeung, SY:suetyi@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1046/j.1365-2036.2001.00947.xen_HK
dc.identifier.pmid11284779-
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