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ArticleJournal of global infectious diseases2012

Agreement rate of rapid urease test, conventional PCR, and scorpion real-time PCR in detecting helicobacter pylori from tonsillar samples of patients with chronic tonsillitis.

Reza Najafipour, Taghi Naserpour Farivar, Ali Akbar Pahlevan, Pouran Johari, Farshid Safdarian, Mina Asefzadeh

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Article in Journal of global infectious diseases, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  2. Presence of different genotypes of Helicobacter pylori in patients with chronic tonsillitis and sleep apnoea syndrome.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2014
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Reza NajafipourCell and Molecular Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Taghi Naserpour Farivar
Ali Akbar Pahlevan
Pouran Johari
Farshid Safdarian
Mina Asefzadeh
Qazvin University of Medical Sciences · IR

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Abstract

backgroundHelicobacter pylori is capable of inducing systemic inflammatory reactions through immunological processes. There are several methods to identify the presence of H. pylori in clinical samples including rapid urease test (RUT), conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and the Scorpion real-time PCR.

aimThe aim of the present study is to compare the agreement rate of these tests in identifying H. pylori in tonsillar biopsy specimens collected from patients with chronic tonsillitis. MATERIALS AND

methodsA total of 103 tonsil biopsy samples from patients with clinical signs of chronic tonsillitis were examined with RUT, PCR, and Scorpion real-time PCR. The degree of agreement between the three tests was later calculated.

resultsThere was a poor degree of agreement between RUT and PCR and also RUT and Scorpion real-time PCR (Kappa=0.269 and 0.249, respectively). In contrast with RUT, there was a strong degree of agreement between PCR and Scorpion real-time PCR (Kappa=0.970).

conclusionThe presence of a strong agreement between the Scorpion real-time PCR and PCR as well as its technical advantage over the conventional PCR assay, made the Scorpion real-time PCR an appropriate laboratory test to investigate the presence of H. pylori in tonsillar biopsy specimens in patients suffering from chronic tonsillitis.

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