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ArticleThe Korean journal of internal medicine2018

Characteristics of Helicobacter pylori-seropositive subjects according to the stool antigen test findings: a prospective study.

Hee-Won Moon, Sun-Young Lee, Mina Hur, Yeo-Min Yun

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Article in The Korean journal of internal medicine, 2018. 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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Hee-Won MoonDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Sun-Young LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Mina HurDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Yeo-Min YunDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Konkuk University · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea 2016R1D1A1B02008937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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aimsIn countries with a higher risk of gastric atrophic gastritis, noninvasive tests are helpful for a more reliable diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of seropositive subjects according to their stool H. pylori antigen test, serum pepsinogen (PG) assay, and endoscopic findings.

methodsConsecutive subjects who visited Konkuk University Medical Center for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for a regular check-up were included in a prospective setting if the serum anti-H. pylori immunoglobulin G assay was positive. A H. pylori antigen stool test was measured using a stool H. pylori antigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit on the same day as a serum PG assay and endoscopy.

resultsOf 318 seropositive subjects, 256 (80.5%) showed positive stool test findings. Subjects with a negative stool test result showed lower serum PG I (p < 0.001) and PG II (p < 0.001) levels and higher PG I/II ratio (p < 0.001) than those with a positive stool test. Chronic atrophic gastritis was more common in the positive stool test group than the negative stool test group on endoscopic finding (p = 0.009). A higher serum PG I level (p = 0.001) and a lower serum PG I/II ratio (p = 0.001) were independent risk factors for the presence of H. pylori antigen in stool.

conclusionA high serum PG level denotes an ongoing current H. pylori infection with positive stool H. pylori antigen test findings. Seropositive subjects with increased gastric secreting ability tend to have H. pylori in their fecal material as reflected by a positive stool H. pylori antigen test finding.

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Antigens, BacterialHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriAdultFecesFemaleGastritis, AtrophicHumansMaleMiddle AgedPepsinogen AProspective StudiesAntigens, BacterialPepsinogen AEndoscopyHelicobacter pyloriPepsinogenSerologyStool

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PMID29061033
PMCPMC6129631
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