Validation of a rapid stool antigen test for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection Validação de teste rápido de antígeno fecal para diagnóstico de infecção por Helicobacter pylori

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Joyce Matie Kinoshita da Silva, Cibele Aparecida Villares, Maria do Socorro Monteiro, Carlos Colaúto, Anibal Ferreira dos Santos, Rejane Mattar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2010
• Subjects: 13C-urea breath test; H. pylori stool antigen test; H. pylori diagnosis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Falso
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652010000300002; https://doaj.org/article/dea637993b9746f1a9bcc15dc9c0cd13

The aim of this study was to validate the rapid lateral flow Helicobacter pylori stool antigen test (One step H. pylori antigen test, ACON laboratories, San Diego, USA; Prime diagnostics, São Paulo), using 13C-Urea Breath Test as the gold standard for H. pylori infection diagnosis. A total of 98 con...