DIAGNOSTIC-ACCURACY OF A RAPID WHOLE-BLOOD TEST FOR DETECTION OF HELICOBACTER-PYLORI

Authors
ENROTH H RIGO R HULTEN K ENGSTRAND L
Citation
H. Enroth et al., DIAGNOSTIC-ACCURACY OF A RAPID WHOLE-BLOOD TEST FOR DETECTION OF HELICOBACTER-PYLORI, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(10), 1997, pp. 2695-2697
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2695 - 2697
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:10<2695:DOARWT>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
In this study, we evaluated a rapid whole-blood test, BM-test Helicoba cter pylori, for detection of H. pylori infection in 144 and 48 patien ts with other gastrointestinal symptoms and with gastric cancer, respe ctively, The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, nega tive predictive value, and diagnostic accuracy of the test correlated well with the standards used for the calculation, i.e., serology by en zyme-linked immunosorbent assay or culture and histology.