Volume 65, Issue 4 , Pages 450-453, December 2009
Usefulness and influence of age of a novel Rapid HpStAR™ stool antigen for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in children
Abstract
A novel rapid monoclonal enzyme immunoassay stool antigen for Helicobacter pylori detection (Rapid HpStAR™) was evaluated in 16 infected and 92 noninfected children. The overall sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were 87.5%, 97.8%, 87.5%, and 97.8%, respectively, with an accuracy of 96.2%. The negative predictive value was good in all age groups, reaching 100% in younger children.
Keywords: H. pylori, Diagnosis, Children
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PII: S0732-8893(09)00350-2
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.08.008
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Volume 65, Issue 4 , Pages 450-453, December 2009
