HELICOBACTER-PYLORI ANTIBODIES IN A SAUDI POPULATION

Citation
Ff. Koestermann et al., HELICOBACTER-PYLORI ANTIBODIES IN A SAUDI POPULATION, Annals of saudi medicine, 16(1), 1996, pp. 60-63
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
ISSN journal
02564947
Volume
16
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
60 - 63
Database
ISI
SICI code
0256-4947(1996)16:1<60:HAIASP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The authors determined the sensitivity and specificity of a rapid late x-agglutination test (Pylori-set) to detect Helicobacter pylori infect ion and screened an asymptomatic Saudi population in different age gro ups for H. pylori seroprevalence. The study was designed as a blind co mparison of a commercial serologic test kit for serologic diagnosis of H. pylori with a standard biopsy-related test in a tertiary referral center and teaching hospital. We included 70 symptomatic male and fema le Saudi patients, as well as 90 randomly collected sera from asymptom atic Saudi patients. The sensitivity of the Pylori-set was 59%, with a specificity of 89%. Screening of the asymptomatic Saudi population sh owed an age increase in antibody prevalence, Because of the limited se nsitivity in the investigated population, the use of this latex-agglut ination test alone cannot be recommended for the serological diagnosis of H. pylori infection in the Saudi population.