Usefulness of Gastric Biopsy-Based Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children
Usefulness of Gastric Biopsy-Based Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children
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DOI:
10.1097/mpg.0000000000000787
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发表时间:
2015-09-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Raymond, Josette
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作者:
Kalach, Nicolas;Gosset, Pierre;Raymond, Josette
Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the usefulness of gastric biopsy-based quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) for the detection of Helicobacter pylori infection and the identification of clarithromycin-resistant strains in children.Methods: A gastric biopsy-based qPCR for the detection of H pylori infection and the identification of clarithromycin-resistant strains in children was evaluated in 62 children with infection and 341 children without infection. H pylori infection was considered by the reference method when culture was positive for both histology and rapid urease test (RUT). Results were compared with those obtained using the qPCR.Results: The reference method versus H pylori qPCR positivity showed 95% confidence interval sensitivity 100% versus 100%, specificity 93.2% (86.9-99.4) versus 100%, positive predictive value 59.7% (47.4-71.9) versus 100%, negative predictive value 100% versus 100%, and, finally, test accuracy of 59.6% (47.3-71.8) versus 100%. Sixty-two children were found to be H pylori positive, based on the qPCR results. Among those, 31 children had both positive qPCR and culture with concordant antimicrobial susceptibility testing results, whereas 31 children had negative culture and positive qPCR. The qPCR showed a bacterial load 10(3) copies per milliliter when culture, histology, and RUT were all positive (29/31 children) versus