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A rapid, low-dose, 13C-urea tablet for the detection of Helicobacter pylori infection before and after treatment.
L. Gatta, N. Vakil, C. Ricci, JF. Osborn, A. Tampieri, F. Perna, M. Miglioli, D. Vaira
Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. 2003 Mar;17(6):793-8.
PubMed: 12641501
Abstract
A new urea breath test (UBT) has been described which uses a tablet formulation of 13C-urea with citric acid and allows breath sampling to be performed as early as 10 min after ingestion of the tablet. To assess the diagnostic accuracy of tablet-based 13C-UBTs (50 and 100 mg 13C-urea) before and after Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment, compared with an endoscopy gold standard and a conventional 13C-UBT (75 mg 13C-urea). Two hundred dyspeptic patients underwent endoscopy, followed by tablet-based 13C-UBTs (50 and 100 mg 13C-urea) and a conventional 13C-UBT (75 mg 13C-urea). H. pylori-infected patients were prescribed treatment and asked to return 4-6 weeks after the end of therapy for repeat endoscopy and 13C-UBTs. One hundred and thirteen patients were infected with H. pylori. The sensitivity and specificity of the conventional 13C-UBT were both 100%; the sensitivity and specificity of the 100-mg tablet-based 13C-UBT were 100% and 98.85%, respectively. For the 50-mg tablet-based 13C-UBT, cut-off values of the difference over baseline of between 1.65 and 3.15 provided a sensitivity and specificity of 100%. At follow-up, the sensitivity and specificity of the conventional and 100-mg tablet-based 13C-UBTs were both 100%. For the 50-mg tablet-based 13C-UBT, cut-off values of the difference over baseline of between 1.49 and 1.56 gave a sensitivity and specificity of 100%. New 10-min 13C-UBTs using tablet formulations of 13C-urea with citric acid are reliable for the assessment of H. pylori status pre- and post-treatment.
Associated compounds:
Compound Name
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Structure | Number of references |
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Urea | 1130 |