Morris Julie M, Reasonover Alisa L, Bruce Michael G, Bruden Dana L, McMahon Brian J, Sacco Frank D, Berg Douglas E, Parkinson Alan J
Arctic Investigations Program, CDC, 4055 Tudor Centre Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jul;43(7):3494-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3494-3496.2005.
A commercially available rapid fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) test, (seaFAST H. pylori Combi-Kit; SeaPro Theranostics International, Lelystad, The Netherlands) was used to simultaneously detect the presence of Helicobacter pylori and determine clarithromycin susceptibility in paraffin-embedded biopsy sections. The FISH method was found to be 97% sensitive, 94% specific for the detection of H. pylori and comparable to agar dilution for the detection of resistance to clarithromycin.