Detection of H.pylory in the digestive endoscopy
- Author:
Son Minh Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
helicobacter pylori
- MeSH:
Helicobacter pylori;
Endoscopy, Digestive System
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):54-55
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
1668 patients (male: 1,099, female: 569) experienced the epigastric pain, dyspepsia,nausea, weight loss, digestive bleeding received the endoscopic diagnosis for inflamatory and ulceration, histological diagnosis and detection of H.pylori. The results have shown that the rate of possitive H.pylory infection in men was higher than this in women (60.28% compared with 51.80%). The test’s sensitivity and specificity were 93-98% and 98%, respectively.