Development of a stool antigen immunoassay to detect Helicobacter pylori infection requires monoclonal antibody against the specific antigen. Alkylhydroperoxide reductase (AhpC) of Helicobacter pylori has been described as a specific and unique enzyme for H. pylori and therefore, both H. pylori AhpC and Anti-AhpC could be useful in the development of serologic and stool antigen tests, for detec...

Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a highly prevalent, serious and chronic infection. It been associated causally with a diverse spectrum of gastrointestinal disorders including chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, gastric adenocarcinoma. We conducted a study to Evaluation of the role of breastfeeding and breast milk on the colonization of H. pylori in the gastrointestinal tract...

The aetiology of dyspepsia is unknown in the majority of patients. Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) is the cause in a subset of patients. A non invasive test to assess the presence of H pylori is recommended in the management of patients under the age of 50 presenting to a family practitioner with dyspepsia. A urea breath test or a stool antigen test are the most reliable non invasive tests. Erad...

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is one of the most important causes of dyspepsia and gastric cancer and diagnosis can be made by invasive or non-invasive methods. The Atlas Helicobacter pylori antigen test is a new rapid non-invasive method which is simple to conduct. The aim of this study was to determine its sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predic...

A 6-year-old boy was hospitalized because of dark feces and facial pallor of 1 weeks duration. Other gastrointestinal symptoms, including vomiting and abdominal pain, were absent, but he felt dizziness when standing and fatigue on effort. Hematologic studies revealed iron-deficiency anemia, and endoscopy showed gastric erosions and a duodenal ulcer. All test results for Helicobacter pylori infe...

OBJECTIVES Refugees and immigrants from developing countries settling in industrialised countries have a high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). Screening these groups for H. pylori and use of eradication therapy to reduce the future burden of gastric cancer and peptic ulcer disease is not currently recommended in most countries. We investigated whether a screening and eradication a...

BACKGROUND Hemodialysis is the most common method of renal replacement therapy for treatment of acute and chronic kidney failure. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) plays a major role in development of peptic ulcer, gastric neoplasms, and lymphoma as well as increased risk of cardiovascular disorders in hemodialysis patients. OBJECTIVES In this study the diagnostic values of noninvasive tests [i...

We describe a case of ocular (subconjunctival) cysticercosis in a eighteen years old, vegetarian male, who presented to the ophthalmology OPD with complaints of increasing painless conjunctival swelling of left eye since four months associated with redness, restriction of gaze and diplopia. The patient had a history of similar swelling in tongue three months back, which extruded spontaneously. ...

conclusions the homemade kit, compared with the imported kit and biopsy-proven tests may be a valid and reliable method for determining the presence of h. pylori infection in iran. background current diagnosis of helicobacter pylori infection by biopsy-based tests requires invasive sampling. non-invasive methods such as the h. pylori stool-antigen (hpsa) test may be the best alternative for dia...

Helicobacter pylori infection is usually acquired in early childhood and it can persist throughout life without antibiotic treatment. This study aimed to compare the accuracy of the noninvasive H. pylori Stool Antigen Test-applied on the stool samples with the invasive gold standart Rapid Urease Test-applied on the gastric biopy samples of patients with upper gastrointestinal complaints. After ...