Helicobacter

🔬 In laboratory diagnostics, the analysis for the determination of H. pylori antigen in human stool samples is used as a non-invasive method for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms.

🧫 Helibacter pulori – a species of bacteria of the genus Helicobacter – a small, spiral-shaped, jutiform bacterium that can be found in the gastric mucus layer or attached to the gastric epithelium. It is considered an etiological factor in more than half of all gastrointestinal diseases. It is the main cause of gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, non-ulcer dyspepsia.

Detection of H. pylori antigens is a rapid, qualitative and sensitive immunochromatographic assay that uses the interaction of particles coated with antibodies to H. pylori with anti-Ig G, which allows for the qualitative and selective detection of specific antigens (Ag) of H. pylori in human stool samples in a short period of time.

‼️The collected sample must be delivered within 🕕24 hours in a sterile container. During collection, urine and contaminated toilet water should be avoided. As with any diagnostic tests, the final clinical diagnosis should not be based solely on the results of the analysis, but should be made by a doctor after evaluating all the results of clinical and laboratory examinations.