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1. Introduction
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Table 1. Statistical comparison between the three techniques used in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori.
False
Test kind
Pvalue
Sensitivity
Specificity
False
positive
negative
Microsc.-Culture
0.031
91.7%
30.6%
8.3%
69.4%
Histology-Culture
0.028
87.2%
53.8%
12.8%
46.2%
Histology-Microscopy.
0.031
46.8%
84.6%
53.2%
15.4%
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1*
% H. pylori positive
patients
(Number of patient)
2+3**
3+4
10
15
21.6
(6)
(9)
(13)
2+4
16.6
25
6.8
(10)
(15)
(4)
(3)
2-Intestinal metaplasia
3-Gastric atrophy
66.7%
18.3%
15%
(No. of patients)
(40)
(11)
(9)
Figure 1. Photomicrograph of a patient gastric antrum infected with H. pylori stained with different stains . A, Hematoxylin and eosin stain,
X 100 : B, modified Giemsa ,X 100. Arrow indicates H. pylori cells.
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Figure 2. Distribution of H. pylori infection among different ages and sexes Male ,
Female,
Total.
Acknowledgement
with peptic ulcers and from patients with chronic gastritis only. J
Clin Microbiol., 27 :225-226.
References
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