Use of serology, the urease test & histology in diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in symptomatic & asymptomatic Indians

Kang, G. ; Rajan, D. P. ; Patra, S. ; Chacko, A. ; Mathan, M. M. (1999) Use of serology, the urease test & histology in diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in symptomatic & asymptomatic Indians Indian Journal of Medical Research, 110 . pp. 86-90. ISSN 0971-5916

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Abstract

Age-specific prevalence of IgA and IgG antibodies in 714 subjects without gastrointestinal complaints aged 6 months to 90 yr was measured by an enzyme linked immunoassay using an acid-glycine extract of H. pylori as the antigen. The urease test and histology were used for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection in 83 subjects with a clinical diagnosis of dyspepsia, and these results were compared with measurement of IgG, IgA and IgM antibodies. The age specific prevalence of IgG and IgA antibodies respectively was 57 and 43 per cent for subjects aged 6 months to 4 yr and showed an increase with age to a maximum of 90 per cent for IgG in subjects > 60 yr of age and to 87 per cent for IgA in subjects between 51 and 60 yr. In symptomatic patients, there was a high degree of correlation between severity of H. pylori infection on histopathological examination and IgG (P < 0.02) levels. The use of IgG and IgA estimation could have identified H. pylori infection without endoscopy in 50 of the 83 patients. Serology for IgG and IgA antibodies against H. pylori may play a major role in decreasing the need for endoscopy, but cut-off values must be determined for each assay based on the prevalence of antibodies in the population.

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Keywords:Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Histopathology; Indians
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