Review Article
Diagnostic Methods of Helicobacter pylori Infection for Epidemiological Studies: Critical Importance of Indirect Test Validation
Table 1
Identification of H. pylori infection using different methods in four countries.
| | Country [ref.] | | Histology + IHC | Culture | RUT | Other tests | At least one positive |
| | Dominican Republic [13] | 158 | 56.3% | 43.0% | 49.4% | — | 58.9% | | Bhutan [14] | 372 | 61.6% | 56.5% | 54.6% | Serology 70.2% | 73.4% | | Myanmar [15] | 252 | 35.7% | 29.4% | 34.1% | Serology 36.9% | 48.0% | | Indonesia [16] | 78 | 7.7% | 6.4% | 9.0% | Urine test 5.1% | 11.5% |
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IHC: immunohistochemistry; RUT: rapid urease test.
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