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Provedor de dados: 	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Serodiagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection by Cobas Core ELISA in adults from Minas Gerais, Brazil	
Autores: 	Rocha,G.A.; Oliveira,A.M.R.; Queiroz,D.M.M.; Mendes,E.N.; Moura,S.B.; Oliveira,C.A.; Ferrari,T.C.A.	
Data: 	1998-10-01	
Ano: 	1998	
Palavras-chave: 	Helicobacter pylori; Serodiagnosis; ELISA.	
Resumo: 	We evaluated the accuracy of a 2nd generation ELISA to detect Helicobacter pylori infection in adults from a developing country in view of variations in sensitivity and specificity reported for different populations. We studied 97 non-consecutive patients who underwent endoscopy for evaluation of dispeptic symptoms. The presence of H. pylori was determined in antral biopsy specimens by culture, by the preformed urease test and in carbolfuchsin-stained smears. Patients were considered to be H. pylori positive if at least two of the three tests presented a positive result or if the culture was positive, and negative if the three tests were negative. Sixty-five adults (31 with peptic ulcer) were H. pylori positive and 32 adults were H. pylori negative. Antibodies were detected by Cobas Core anti-H. pylori EIA in 62 of 65 H. pylori-positive adults and in none of the negative adults. The sensitivity, specificity and positive and negative predictive values of the test were 95.4, 100, 100 and 91.4%, respectively. The Cobas Core anti-H. pylori EIA presented high sensitivity and specificity when employed for a population in Brazil, permitting the use of the test both to confirm the clinical diagnosis and to perform epidemiologic surveys.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1998001000005	
Editor: 	Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0100-879X1998001000005	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.31 n.10 1998	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess