El-Din, H. A. M., A. G. M. Hashem, Y. M. Ragab, and I. L. Hussein,
"Evaluation of Noninvasive Versus Invasive Techniques for the Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection",
Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology, vol. 21, issue 4, pp. 326-333, 2013.
AbstractHelicobacter pylori
is one of the most common
bacterial strains causing chronic infections, affecting over one
half of the world’s population. There is increasing interest in
noninvasive methods for diagnosing
H. pylori
infection. The aim
of the study was to evaluate 3 different noninvasive methods of
diagnosis: the stool antigen test (HpSA), the serum antibody
test, and the stool-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test as
against invasive methods based on histopathologic diagnosis.