Research Article
Reliability of Diagnostic Tests for Helicobacter pylori Infection
Table 1
Results of different tests for H. pylori infection in population-based cohort of 304 subjects.
| | Diagnostic method | Positive of all tested (%) | Corpus and/or antrum, positive of all tested, (%) | Antrum, positive of all tested (%) | Corpus, positive of all tested, (%) |
| | Serology | 119 (39.1) | — | — | — | | UBT | 91 (29.9) | — | — | — | | RUT | — | 95 (31.3) | 88 (28.9) | 89 (29.3) | | Culture | — | 101 (33.2) | 91 (30.1) | 98 (32.3) | | Histology | — | 97 (31.9) | 86 (28.3) | 89 (29.3) |
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UBT: 13C-urea breath test.
RUT: rapid urease test.
no culture in two, no culture in one.
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