de Carvalho Costa Cardinali Luciana, Rocha Gifone Aguiar, Rocha Andreia Maria Camargos, de Moura Sílvia Beleza, de Figueiredo Soares Taciana, Esteves Ana Maria Braz, Nogueira Ana Margarida Miguel Ferreira, Cabral Mônica Maria Demas Alvares, de Carvalho Anfrisina Sales Teles, Bitencourt Paulo, Ferreira Alexandre, Queiroz Dulciene Maria Magalhães
Laboratory of Research in Bacteriology, Faculdade de Medicina, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Jul;41(7):3334-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3334-3335.2003.
The [(13)C]urea breath test ((13)C-UBT) and Helicobacter pylori stool antigen test (HpSA) for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection in children were validated. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were 93.8, 99.1, 97.8, and 98.0%, respectively, for the (13)C-UBT and 96.9, 100, 100, and 98.0%, respectively, for HpSA. Both tests are appropriate for diagnosing H. pylori infection in children.
用于诊断儿童幽门螺杆菌感染的[¹³C]尿素呼气试验(¹³C-UBT)和幽门螺杆菌粪便抗原检测(HpSA)得到了验证。¹³C-UBT的敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值和阴性预测值分别为93.8%、99.1%、97.8%和98.0%,HpSA的相应值分别为96.9%、100%、100%和98.0%。这两种检测方法均适用于诊断儿童幽门螺杆菌感染。