2005
The effect of GI bleeding on Helicobacter pylori diagnostic testing: a prospective study at the time of bleeding and 1 month later
Laine LA, Nathwani RA, Naritoku W. The effect of GI bleeding on Helicobacter pylori diagnostic testing: a prospective study at the time of bleeding and 1 month later. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2005, 62: 853-859. PMID: 16301025, DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.09.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsH pylori densityAcute GI bleedingInflammatory cell infiltrationH pyloriGI bleedingHistologic examinationCohort studyCell infiltrationDiagnostic testingBlinded histologic examinationH pylori testingAcute variceal bleedingProspective cohort studyUrban county hospitalProton pump inhibitorsTime of bleedingRapid urease testingVariceal bleedingCase seriesEndoscopic biopsyProspective studyPump inhibitorsBiopsy specimensUrease testingCounty Hospital
1998
Effect of proton-pump inhibitor therapy on diagnostic testing for Helicobacter pylori.
Laine L, Estrada R, Trujillo M, Knigge K, Fennerty MB. Effect of proton-pump inhibitor therapy on diagnostic testing for Helicobacter pylori. Annals Of Internal Medicine 1998, 129: 547-50. PMID: 9758575, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-7-199810010-00007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrea breath testProton pump inhibitor therapyBreath test resultsProton pump inhibitorsBreath testInhibitor therapyH. pyloriDiagnostic testingCompletion of therapyProportion of patientsNegative breath test resultH. pylori infectionUrea breath test resultsLansoprazole therapyFalse-negative resultsGastroenterology clinicPylori infectionPatientsHelicobacter pyloriTherapyDuration of conversionPyloriPositive resultsLansoprazoleDays