RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Detection of Helicobacter pylori carriers by discriminant analysis of urea and pH levels in gastric juices.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 697
OP 698
DO 10.1136/jcp.44.8.697
VO 44
IS 8
A1 Ameglio, F
A1 Abbolito, M R
A1 Giannarelli, D
A1 Citarda, F
A1 Grassi, A
A1 Gandolfo, G M
A1 Casale, V
YR 1991
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/44/8/697.abstract
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.