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Procalcitonin test
Due to infection in throat doctor has written breath urea test for me. But i recently did procalcitonin test. My question is can procalcitonin test detect the H pylori bacteria if in body or i have to do breath urea test again specific for H pylori.
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Dr. Aniket Shivaji Chate
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No... Pro calcitonin has no relation with H pylori colonization...
Best way to detect H pylori is endoscopic biopsy and RUT testing.... Confimatory test
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