PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ameglio, F
AU  - Abbolito, M R
AU  - Giannarelli, D
AU  - Citarda, F
AU  - Grassi, A
AU  - Gandolfo, G M
AU  - Casale, V
TI  - Detection of Helicobacter pylori carriers by discriminant analysis of urea and pH levels in gastric juices.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.44.8.697
DP  - 1991 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 697--698
VI  - 44
IP  - 8
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/44/8/697.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/44/8/697.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1991 Aug 01; 44
AB  - An alternative approach to the problems inherent in current methods for detecting Helicobacter pylori carriers--that of being generally time-consuming, expensive, and not sufficiently sensitive--was devised by using the urea concentration and pH levels of gastric juices. A linear discriminant analysis of these variables, measured in 54 patients submitted to digestive endoscopy for gastritis, provided a mathematical formula for assigning the subjects (previously classified by other standard methods) to groups of either positive or negative H pylori carriers. The results obtained showed a correct classification in 52 out of 54 cases with only one false negative and one false positive case.