Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
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

  • Nicolas Kalach

      Affiliations

    • Clinique Pédiatrique Saint Antoine, Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, Université Catholique, Boulevard de Belfort, 59020 Lille, France
    • Department of Pediatrics-Neonatology, Hôpital Cochin-Saint Vincent de Paul, Université Paris Descartes, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France
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  • Eric Dehecq

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Université Catholique, Boulevard de Belfort, 59020 Lille, France
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  • Pierre Gosset

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Université Catholique, Boulevard de Belfort, 59020 Lille, France
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  • Anne Decoster

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Université Catholique, Boulevard de Belfort, 59020 Lille, France
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  • Michel Bergeret

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bacteriology, Hôpital Cochin-Saint Vincent de Paul, Université Paris Descartes, 75679 Paris Cedex 14, France
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  • Christophe Dupont

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics-Neonatology, Hôpital Cochin-Saint Vincent de Paul, Université Paris Descartes, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France
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  • Josette Raymond

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bacteriology, Hôpital Cochin-Saint Vincent de Paul, Université Paris Descartes, 75679 Paris Cedex 14, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33-1-58 41 15 25; fax: +33-1-58 41 15 48.

Received 3 June 2009 ,Accepted 14 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.08.008

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 65, Issue 4 , Pages 450-453 , December 2009

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