A multicenter prospective study on the diagnostic performance of a liquid rapid urease test for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection
W Dolak, C Biligilier, A Stadlmann, J Leiner, A Püspök, W Plieschnegger, F Siebert, F Wewalka, R Schöfl, U Huber-Schönauer, C Datz, S Bioski-Frotz, C Högenauer, C Schrutka-Kölbl, A Makristathis, M Schöniger-Hekele, C Steininger · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2016 · Heft 05
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Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) causes a diversity of gastric diseases including gastritis, MALT lymphoma, and gastric adenocarcinoma. Rapid urease tests (RUT) are well established for the point-of-care, invasive diagnosis of H. pylori infection. The study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of a liquid RUT, the preOx-HUT, within a prospective cohort of treatment-naïve patients. Patients/Methods: The multicenter prospective clinical trial was conducted at nine Austrian centers for gastrointestinal endoscopy. Patients referred for a diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy were screened to…