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Table 1 Clinical outcome and comparison of H. pylori diagnostic methods

From: Low Helicobacter pylori primary resistance to clarithromycin in gastric biopsy specimens from dyspeptic patients of a city in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil

 

   PUD (n = 123)

 

   CG (n = 706)

 

   N (n = 290)

  
 

His+

His-

 

His+

His-

 

His+

His-

 

T

PCR+

63

13

76

286

89

375

1

36

37

488

PCR-

14

33

47

86

245

331

1

252

253

631

T

77

46

123

372

334

706

2

288

290

1119

  1. CG chronic gastritis, PUD peptic ulcer disease, N normal gastric mucosa associated or not to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), PCR polymerase chain reaction, His histology.