Urease is an enzyme produced in large quantities by Helicobacter pylori. 1 Similar to the
13Carbon (C)-urea breath test, the 14C-urea breath test relies on the identification of urease …

Background: Helicobacter pylori is recognized as the main etiological factor for chronic
gastritis, peptic ulcer and possibly also gastric malignancies. A 14C-urea breath test was …

Tests for the detection of Helicobacter pylori differ in many respects. The choice of test
depends on the clinical situation. In symptomatic patients, endoscopy is an important tool for …

Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium associated with upper gastrointestinal tract diseases such
as gastritis, gastroduodenal ulcers, gastric adenocarcinoma and gastric mucosa-associated …

BACKGROUND: A rapid, reliable, and accurate test for the diagnosis of infection with
Helicobacter pylori is needed for screening dyspeptic patients before referral for endoscopy …

The presence of urease in the gastric mucosa of humans and animals was reported in the
scientific literature in 1924 by Luck and Seth. 21 Those investigators assumed that the …

Objectives: Several methods are used to detect Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection. However,
few reports have evaluated the accuracy of each method and compared the grade of HP …

AIM: To compare culture analysis, Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) stool antigen (HpSA) test,
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for H. pylori …

The 13 C-urea breath test (13 C-UBT) is a non-invasive method for detecting Helicobacter
pylori. This study was performed to determine the cutoff value and evaluate the sensitivity …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of a simple and inexpensive
homemade urea test (U-test) to detect Helicobacter pylori in upper digestive tract biopsies …