Anti H.pylori IgM in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Population.
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2009-01-03
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To evaluate the usefulness of specific IgM in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection, a cross sectional study was carried out in the Department of Microbiology, Mymensingh Medical College between July 2006 to June 2007. A total of 45 patients having upper gastrointestinal symptoms underwent endoscopy and were subsequently diagnosed as patients with gastritis, peptic ulcer (PU) and non-ulcer dyspepsia (NUD) and another 45 asymptomatic individuals aged 18-65 years, were included in the study. The serum samples of participants were tested for presence of anti-H pylori IgM by using ELISA method. The ELISA for anti H. pylori IgM provided sensitivity and specificity of 73.33%, 93.33% respectively.
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Mymensingh Medical Journal.
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Sumona AA, Hossain MA, Musa AK, Shamsuzzaman AK, Mahmud MC, Khan MS, Ahmed S, Begum Z, Zahan NA, Ahmed MU, Debnath CR, Anne RA. Anti H.pylori IgM in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Population. Mymensingh Medical Journal. 2009 Jan; 18(1): 18-20