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Accurate diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori. Stool tests
D Vaira1, M Menegatti, C Ricci
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. vairadin@med.unibo.it
Gastroenterology Clinics of North America
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
From the limited data available, it seems that the H. pylori stool assay represents a highly accurate diagnostic tool to detect H. pylori infection before and shortly after therapy. As a test that is noninvasive, accurate, simple, and cost-effective, the H. pylori stool assay has the potential to become the preferred diagnostic tool in many different clinical settings from epidemiologic studies to pediatric investigations, from pre-endoscopic screening policies to posttherapy monitoring.