Diagnostic accuracy of urine‐based kits for detection of <i><scp>H</scp>elicobacter pylori</i> antibody in children

Abstract

For the diagnosis of H. pylori infection in Japanese children, both tests are non-invasive, inexpensive, reliable and easy-to-perform methods giving satisfactory accuracy, although the sensitivity of the rapid urine-HpAb kit was inferior to that of the urine-HpELISA kit, especially in children aged younger than 10 years, showing relatively low titer of H. pylori antibody.