A cross-sectional study of 40 children with portal hypertension found a modest correlation between serum ammonia and H.

A urease test is positive when a urea medium turns bright pink (fuchsia) and negative when it stays yellowish. The colour change comes from ammonia released by urea hydrolysis, which makes the medium ...

Beyond localized gastrointestinal disease, diagnostic screening should be considered for patients displaying recognized extra-gastric manifestations of H pylori infection, such as unexplained ...

A prospective, cross-sectional study conducted in Libreville, Gabon, has identified a distinct biochemical profile among ...

ABSTRACT: Context: Duodenal transit bipartition is a metabolic and bariatric surgical concept proposed by De Melo, representing an adaptation of the classic concept of intestinal transit bipartition ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed a new way to quickly test for tuberculosis that avoids several pitfalls of ...

One of the great hopes of cancer medicine over the past decade has been a simple blood test that would detect cancer at its ...

The FDA granted clearance to a rapid blood test designed to distinguish between bacterial and viral infections in as little ...

A new urine test could make bladder cancer easier to detect — and help doctors figure out which treatments are most likely to ...

Medical and consumer genetics innovator Genefluence today announces the first use of its rapid, near-patient diagnostic platform to screen for urinary tract infections (UTIs), at the Royal Hospital ...