Hp Detect™ Stool Antigen ELISA
- Reliable:
- US FDA 510(k) CLEARED & CE MARKED
- Clinically proven
- Equivalent Performance & Accuracy:
- 99% positive percent agreement with FDA cleared device
- 98% negative percent agreement with FDA cleared device
- Excellent Performance Post-Therapy:
- Sensitivity and Specificity: both 100% 4 weeks after completion of eradication therapy
- Simple to use:
- ELISA with strip design
- Ready-to-use reagents
- Positive and negative control
- Pipette vs. bottle drops
- Convenient:
- Non-invasive for patient comfort
- Unpreserved frozen and fresh stool specimen possible
- Enhanced analytical sensitivity
- Extended fresh specimen storage: 5 days at 2-8°C
- No toxic materials in kit
Helicobacter pylori:
- Is a bacteria that colonizes the upper gastrointestinal tract
- Infects approximately 50% of world´s adult population
- Chronic inflammation induces pathologies like dyspepsia, peptic ulcer disease, gastric cancer and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma
- Group 1 carcinogen designated by WHO
- 89% of all gastric cancers are attributable to pylori infection
- Among the 16 antibiotic-resistant bacteria
- Huge economic impact due to high healthcare costs and decreased productivity at work