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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2004

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for Helicobacter pylori needs adjustment for the population investigated.

Thi Thu Ha Hoang, Thuc-Uyen Wheeldon, Carina Bengtsson, Dac Cam Phung, Mikael Sörberg, Marta Granström

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Thi Thu Ha HoangDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Microbiology and Tumorbiology Center, Karolinska Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Thuc-Uyen Wheeldon
Carina Bengtsson
Dac Cam Phung
Mikael Sörberg
Marta Granström
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology · CZKarolinska Institutet · SEKarolinska University Hospital · SENational Institute Of Hygiene And Epidemiology · VN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori infection and peptic ulcer disease are common in developing countries, e.g., Vietnam. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for screening of patients and for seroepidemiology is a useful tool but needs to be validated in the population studied. We used in-house ELISA with sonicated Swedish and Vietnamese strains as antigens to measure immunoglobulin G antibodies after absorption with sonicated Campylobacter jejuni in sera from 270 H. pylori culture-confirmed peptic ulcer patients, 128 Swedish urea-breath test and immunoblot-positive healthy controls, and 432 Vietnamese immunoblot-positive population controls. Sonicated whole-cell antigen based on the local strains showed a significantly better performance. Immunoblot-positive peptic ulcer patients had significantly higher antibody concentrations than immunoblot-positive population controls, necessitating a lower cutoff level if serology is used for screening or epidemiological purposes. The study shows that the parameters of ELISA for H. pylori need to be adjusted for the population being investigated.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, BacterialBiomarkersEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumansMiddle AgedPeptic UlcerReference ValuesUreaseVietnamAntibodies, BacterialBiomarkersUrease

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PMID14766827
PMCPMC344441
OpenAlexW2158417281

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