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. 2011 Dec;25(6):495-6.

[Evaluation of the Helicobacter pylori stool antigen test]

[Article in Chinese]
Jing-Xia Guo  1 , Jun Han, Lin Chen, Jun Xu, Jia Liu, Jing Zhao, Ai-Xia Liu, Li-Hua Yang, Yong-Ji Song, Bo-An Li, Yuan-Li Mao
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[Evaluation of the Helicobacter pylori stool antigen test]

[Article in Chinese]
Jing-Xia Guo et al. Zhonghua Shi Yan He Lin Chuang Bing Du Xue Za Zhi. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the clinical value of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay by the Helicobacter pylori stool antigen (HpSA) test for the detection of H. pylori infection.

Methods: 328 patients were measured upper gastrointestinal endoscopic examination which as gold standards and HpSA test in the meantime, comparing accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and other Indicators.

Results: In the diagnosis of Hp infection, HpSA test had no significant difference comparing with gold standards and had a P value of over 0.5. The sensitivity of HpSA test was 94.6%, while the specificity, veracity, expected positive value, and expected negative value were 96.9%, 96.3%, 89.7% and 98.4%, respectively.

Conclusion: The H. pylori stool antigen test is a simple, non-invasive method for accurate diagnosis of H. pylori infection.

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