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For patients with dyspepsia — a common complex of symptoms that is a frequent cause of physician visits worldwide — many guidelines recommend early testing for the presence of Helicobacter pylori and subsequent eradication of the infection as first-line therapy. Rapid H. pylori tests performed on tissue samples taken at endoscopy indicate the presence or absence of infection based on the urease activity of the organism. However, rapid tissue test results might not be positive immediately, and 24 hours of incubation might be required before a negative result can be determined definitively.
To evaluate the new urea Ultrafast Test (UFT) — developed to provide more-rapid results and thus increase the likelihood of prompt, appropriate therapy for…