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Campylobacter pylori detected noninvasively by the 13C-urea breath test.
DY. Graham, PD. Klein, DJ. Evans, DG. Evans, LC. Alpert, AR. Opekun, TW. Boutton
Lancet 1987 May;1(8543):1174-7.
PubMed: 2883491
Abstract
The high endogenous urease activity of Campylobacter pylori was exploited in a non-invasive test for the presence of this organism in the stomach. When 13C-urea was administered orally after a test meal, urea-derived 13CO2 appeared in the respiratory CO2 of infected individuals at a constant rate for greater than 100 min. The test was validated in 26 individuals who underwent both the 13C-urea breath test and endoscopic biopsy of the antral mucosa for culture and histological examination. Each positive breath test proved to be correlated with a positive culture or Warthin-Starry silver stain of a mucosal biopsy specimen, or both.
Associated compounds:
Compound Name
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Structure | Number of references |
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Urea | 1130 |