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Andreia Maria Camargos Rocha1, Gifone Aguiar Rocha, Adriana Santos, Celso Affonso de Oliveira, Dulciene Maria Magalhães Queiroz.
Abstract
We validated a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of anti-CagA antibodies in Brazilian patients with Helicobacter pylori infection. The test presented high sensitivity (97.4%) and specificity (88.9%) when employed in patients without gastric carcinoma. However, in gastric carcinoma patients, the test was neither sensitive nor specific enough to detect cagA-positive H. pylori infection.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12517890 PMCID: PMC149573 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.447-448.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948