There are four ways to test for H. pylori: a urea breath test, a stool antigen test, an upper endoscopy, and a blood test. However, Cummings said the blood test is rarely used in the U.S. because ...

Tseng-Shing Chen, Full-Young Chang, Pang-Chi Chen, Thomas W Huang, Jonathan T Ou, Ming-Hung Tsai, Ming-Shiang Wu, Jaw-Town Lin In the present study, we aimed to determine the cutoff value and ...

H. pylori eradication was evaluated by the 13 C-urea breath test, histology, or the rapid urease test. Results: The eradication rates by intention-to-treat analysis were 66.7% and 68.9% in the ...

“When you visit any city hospital to seek treatment for a stomach upset, chances are high that the doctors will test you for H. Pylori ... (due to presence of blood in stool), heartburn ...