Stool Antigen Test For H Pylori

Your provider may order a stool antigen or a stool culture test.

Stool antigen test for h pylori.

Pylori bacteria in the stool. Stool antigen testing provides a sensitive measure of infection including during and after treatment. Pylori infection in your stool. Pylori is associated with increased risk of patients developing gastritis peptic ulcer disease and gastric adenocarcinoma.

Antigens are substances that trigger the immune system to fight infection. A stool culture test looks for h. If a negative result is obtained for a patient ingesting these compounds within two weeks prior to performing the stool antigen test it may be a false negative result and the test should be repeated on a new. A stool antigen test looks for antigens to h.

Please discuss your medication use with your physician prior to taking this test. Additionally stool antigen testing reflects infection from throughout the stomach and duodenum an advantage over endoscopy 9. Prior to the test. Pylori antigens are present in your child s gastrointestinal gi system.

Antigens are substances that trigger an immune response. Pylori in your stool. Helicobacter pylori antigen eia stool colonization with h. Pylori bacteria are a common cause of peptic ulcers sores in the lining of the stomach small intestine or esophagus in this test a stool feces sample is used to determine if h.

Antimicrobials proton pump inhibitors and bismuth preparations are known to suppress h pylori and ingestion of these prior to h pylori testing may give a false negative result. As with the breath test ppis and bismuth subsalicylate can affect the results of this test so your doctor will ask you to stop taking them for two weeks before the test. In order to produce a meaningful laboratory test result you must follow these instructions. Pylori bacteria and shed into the stool 2.

Samples for both types of stool tests are collected in the same way. The test is specifically designed to identify current infection by detecting antigen s that are produced by live h.