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| NO MORE SEROLOGY |
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The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) now
recommends that serology testing no longer be performed
to test for H. pylori because it only tests for the antibody
and does not test for active H. pylori infection. |
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| STOOL ANTIGEN IS THE RECOMMENDED TEST |
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The new ACG guidelines recommend using a Stool Antigen
test, which tests for active H. pylori infection, and Meridian
is the only global provider of an H. pylori Stool Antigen
test (HpSA®). |
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| TEST WITH STOOL ANTIGEN BEFORE PRESCRIBING PPIs |
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ACG now recommends that all patients presenting with
Dyspepsia, who do not have alarm symptoms, have not been
using NSAIDS, and who are not > 55, should be tested for H. pylori prior to being prescribed PPIs. |
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| The ACG guidelines also recommended that H. pylori positive patients that have been given eradication
therapy medication, should be re-tested to confirm eradication.
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Full ACG Guidelines (2007)
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