Evaluation of rapid urease test for detection ofHelicobacter pyloriin gastric biopsy specimens

✍ Scribed by S. Kamiya; I. Taniguchi; T. Yamamoto; T. Shirai; S. Harasawa; T. Miwa; A. Ozawa

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 286 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0393-2990
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00157406

✦ Synopsis

Using 80 gastric biopsy specimens from patients with various gastroduodenal diseases, the isolation rate of//. pylori and urease activity of the biopsy specimens were examined. The sensitivity and specificity of the rapid urease test was 84.6% and 75.9%, respectively, for the cultivation of H.

pylori. The mean number ofH. pylori detected in urease-positive and negative biopsy specimens was 61 + 0 9 45 + 12