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Ramis,Ivy Bastos; Moraes,Ernani Pinho de; Fernandes,Márcia Silveira; Mendoza-Sassi,Raul; Rodrigues,Obirajara; Juliano,Carlos Renan Varela; Scaini,Carlos James; Silva,Pedro Eduardo Almeida da. |
Helicobacter pylori infects nearly 50% of the world's population. This microorganism is accepted as the most important agent of gastritis and as a risk factor for peptic ulcer disease and gastric adenocarcinoma. Currently many diagnostic methods exist for detecting H. pylori, however they all have limitations, thus it is recommend a combination of at least two methods. The aim of this study was to evaluate diagnostic methods, such as in-house urease test, culture and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), for the detection of the H. pylori in gastric biopsy specimens of 144 dyspeptic patients, using as gold standard the association between histology and rapid urease test. According to the gold standard used in this study, 48 (33.3%) patients were infected with... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Helicobacter pylori; Histology; Culture; Urease test; Polymerase Chain Reaction. |
Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822012000300008 |
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