Identificación de las pruebas más sensibles y específicas para el diagnóstico de Helicobacter pylori pre y post-tratamiento en pacientes dispépticos

Identification of the most sensitive and specific tests for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori pre and post-treatment dyspeptic patients

Authors

  • V. Matta de García Unidad de Inmunopatología de Enfermedades Tropicales, Departamento de Citohistología, Escuela de Química Biológica
  • K.J. Lange Unidad de Inmunopatología de Enfermedades Tropicales, Departamento de Citohistología, Escuela de Química Biológica
  • N.I. Hornquist Unidad de Inmunopatología de Enfermedades Tropicales, Departamento de Citohistología, Escuela de Química Biológica
  • M.J. Camó Unidad de Inmunopatología de Enfermedades Tropicales, Departamento de Citohistología, Escuela de Química Biológica
  • M.A. Benito Unidad de Inmunopatología de Enfermedades Tropicales, Departamento de Citohistología, Escuela de Química Biológica
  • E.A. Maldonado Unidad de Inmunopatología de Enfermedades Tropicales, Departamento de Citohistología, Escuela de Química Biológica
  • J.H. Gómez Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCAN)
  • A. Zetina Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCAN)
  • F. Nave Unidad de Biometría, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC)
  • K.M. Guerrero Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCAN)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54495/Rev.Cientifica.v25i2.89

Keywords:

fecal antigen, serology, dyspepsia, pepsinogen

Abstract

With the objective to determine a non-invasive most sensible and specific test for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection and confirming eradication after treatment, 178 patients with dyspepsia were prospectively studied during treatment at the Endoscopy clinic of the National Cancer Institute (INCAN).

They underwent fecal antigen detection using a commercial immunoassay (Anarapid ®) technique and a panel of serological tests that included IgM, IgA, IgG (CagA) anti-H. pylori by immunosorbent assay (ELISA). These tests were statistically evaluated through 2x2 contingency
tables (Kappa index) comparing with the biopsy results, which is considered the gold standard. Likewise enzyme assays were performed (Pepsinogen I and II) to assess the integrity of the gastric mucosa and determined its correlation with symptoms according to chi-square test.

Findings indicate that the detection of IgA anti-H. pylori had the highest sensitivity (74.2%) and the fecal antigen test had the highest specificity (69.9%) compared to the other tests. Sixty three patients diagnosed with initial stage H. pylori infection received specific treatment and were followed for 5 months to evaluate changes. At the end of five months of specific treatment, the same test panel was gathered.

Results showed that in most patients values pepsinogen I and II were within normal range. In post-treatment evaluation the rate of pepsinogen I / II was normalized in 24.86% of patients and the number of asymptomatic patients increased from 1.1% to 30.99%, which demonstrated the efficacy of treatment.

Results show that fecal antigen and IgA antibody against H. pylori tests are together the recommended tests for diagnosis of pre-treatment infection, whereas in the post-treatment phase, the fecal antigen test demonstrated therapeutic success. Values of pepsinogen I and II were in the normal range for the majority of the study population, which is indicative of suffering from functional dyspepsia or another disease that affects the gastric mucosa. It is further necessary to continue studies of the usefulness of the determination of pepsinogen I / II and its association with the risk of developing gastric cancer.

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2015-12-31

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Matta de García, V., Lange, K., Hornquist, N., Camó, M., Benito, M., Maldonado, E., Gómez, J., Zetina, A., Nave, F., & Guerrero, K. (2015). Identificación de las pruebas más sensibles y específicas para el diagnóstico de Helicobacter pylori pre y post-tratamiento en pacientes dispépticos: Identification of the most sensitive and specific tests for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori pre and post-treatment dyspeptic patients. Revista Científica, 25(2), 30–42. https://doi.org/10.54495/Rev.Cientifica.v25i2.89

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