Gastric urease, Campylobacter pylori and the interpretation of CLOtest.

Campylobacter pylori infection of the stomach may be an etiological factor in non-ulcer dyspepsia, gastric and duodenal ulcer disease. Herein is described the use of a rapid urease test (CLOtest) to detect C. pylori infection of gastric mucosal biopsies. The CLOtest, a simple endoscopy room biopsy t...

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Published in:Gastroenterology Nursing Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 217 - 221
Main Authors: Hoffman SR, Marshall BJ, Dye KR, Caldwell SH
Format: pictorial Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1989 Spring
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