Otsuka America Pharmaceutical announced that BreathTek UBT for H. Pylori Kit may be administered to patients who are taking proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs). Specifically, patients who took PPIs within ...
The first breath test for use in children ages 3 to 17 years to detect Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacterial infections, responsible for chronic stomach inflammation (gastritis) and ulcers, was ...
From July 1998 to August 1999, a total of 600 patients, including 14 patients who were later excluded from the analysis, completed the UBT. Of the 14 excluded, seven patients <20 years old or >70 ...
From April 2000 to September 2000, patients with dyspepsia who were referred to the American University of Beirut Medical Center for outpatient endoscopy and who had a positive result in a rapid ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first breath test to detect Helicobacter pylori bacterial infections in children ages 3-17. The FDA based its approval of the BreathTek UBT test ...