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Comparative Study
. 1997 May;16(5):380-3.
doi: 10.1007/BF01726367.

Culture of Helicobacter pylori from gastric biopsies transported in biopsy urease test tubes

H Rautelin  1 , K Seppälä, H Nuutinen, P Kärkkäinen, P Sipponen, T U Kosunen
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Comparative Study

Culture of Helicobacter pylori from gastric biopsies transported in biopsy urease test tubes

H Rautelin et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1997 May.

Abstract

Gastric biopsy specimens of 57 consecutively observed dyspeptic patients were studied for the presence of Helicobacter pylori by histological examination, biopsy urease test (BUT) and culture. For culture, biopsy samples were transported in both Stuart media and BUT tubes. All 15 isolates could be cultured from both Stuart and BUT tubes. Thus, if the main reason for culture of Helicobacter pylori is for antimicrobial susceptibility testing, only positive BUT tubes need to be submitted. This would reduce both the expense and the number of biopsies needed.

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