Gastric mucosal swab as an alternative to biopsy for Helicobacter pylori detection.
Hosim SohNarae KimJangsup MoonHan Myung LeeBokyung KimSoo-Jeong ChoSang Gyun KimHyunsoo ChungPublished in: Helicobacter (2023)
Gastric mucosal swabs showed higher RUT accuracy and H. pylori bacterial load than a tissue biopsy. This may be an alternative to a biopsy when diagnosing H. pylori infection during endoscopy is necessary. (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT05349578).