A reliable diagnostic test for Helicobacter pylori is important in clinical practice and research. The ideal diagnostic test for H. pylori should be sensitive, specific, and cost-effective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTurk J Gastroenterol
December 2003
A 35-year-old woman had a history of recurrent massive ascites for 12 years. She had been examined to identify the etiology of ascites and was placed on antituberculous and subsequently steroid treatment at another center before admission to our hospital for fever, abdominal distention and abdominal pain. She had massive ascites with serum-ascites albumin gradient of 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To investigate and compare frequencies of serum positive cagA in patients from two separate regions of Turkey who were grouped according to the presence of peptic ulcer disease or non-ulcer dyspepsia.
Methods: One hundred and eighty Helicobacter pylori-positive patients with peptic ulcer disease or non-ulcer dyspepsia were included in the study. One hundred and fourteen patients had non-ulcer dyspepsia and 66 had peptic ulcer disease (32 with gastric ulcers and/or erosions and 34 with duodenal ulcers).