Comparison of Two Rapid Whole-Blood Tests for Helicobacter pylori Infection in Chinese Patients

AUTOR(ES)

Leung, Wai Keung

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Consecutive Chinese patients undergoing endoscopy for dyspepsia were tested for Helicobacter pylori infection by two rapid whole-blood tests: FlexPack HP (Abbott Laboratories) and Helisal One-Step (Cortecs Diagnostics). Biopsy-based tests (rapid urease test and histology) and the [13C]urea breath test were used as the “gold standard.” One hundred sixty-one consecutive patients were studied, and 88 (54.7%) were confirmed to have H. pylori infection. The sensitivities, specificities, and positive and negative predictive values were 81.8%, 83.6% (P = 0.008), 85.7% (P = 0.04), and 79.2% for FlexPack HP and 84.1%, 63.0% (P = 0.008), 73.3% (P = 0.047), and 76.7% for Helisal One-Step, respectively.

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