Accuracy of stool antigen test in posteradication assessment of Helicobacter pylori infection

Dig Dis Sci. 2001 Nov;46(11):2440-4. doi: 10.1023/a:1012319718848.

Abstract

Our aim was to evaluate the accuracy of HpSA test in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection after the end of eradication therapy. In all 106 H. pylori-positive patients (55 men and 51 women, mean age 51 years, range 19-82) were treated with a course of eradicating regimen. [13C]Urea breath test (UBT) and HpSA were performed four weeks after stopping the treatment. The diagnostic accuracy of HpSA was evaluated in comparison with the results of [13C]UBT. In 90 patients (85%) H. pylori was eradicated according to [13C]urea breath test. After eradication, sensitivity of HpSA was 87.5%, specificity 95.5%, positive predictive value 77.8%, negative predictive value 97.7%, and diagnostic accuracy 94.3%. HpSA is a valuable test in the posteradication assessment of H. pylori infection.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Bacterial / analysis*
  • Breath Tests
  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Helicobacter Infections / diagnosis*
  • Helicobacter Infections / drug therapy
  • Helicobacter pylori / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Urea

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Urea