Affiliation:
1. Gastroenterology Department, Barcelona University, Spain.
Abstract
A simple and rapid urease test to detect Campylobacter pylori infection was evaluated with bacterial culture as the "gold standard." The test was compared with the Gram stain and the conventional Christensen urease test. The culture method detected C. pylori in 29 of 49 gastric biopsy specimens. The rapid urease test showed 27 positive samples within 1 h at 55 degrees C (specificity, 100%; sensitivity, 93%) and 18 at room temperature (specificity, 100%; sensitivity, 62%). The Gram stain exhibited a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 91%. The conventional Christensen urease test detected C. pylori in only 4, 10, and 18 samples after 24, 48, and 72 h, respectively (sensitivities, 12, 36, and 60%, respectively; specificities, 95, 95, and 83%, respectively). We conclude that the rapid urease test is simple and highly specific for the detection of C. pylori and that it can be performed with small amounts of sample.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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