Helicobacter pylori culture-994

Test info

  
Helicobacter pylori culture
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  
Campylobacter pylori
Campylobacter from stomach
H pylori culture
Culture, Helicobacter pylori
H. pylori
  

Establish the presence and possible etiologic role of Helicobacter pylori in cases of chronic gastric ulcer, gastritis, duodenal ulcer, dyspepsia, etc

Specimen

  
Gastric material/biopsy
  
  • Anaerobic transport
  • aerobic/anaerobic bacterial swab transport system
  • CLO vial
  • Urea agar medium
  

Ambient - 72 hours

Performance

  
LabCorp Burlington (180885): R-NX
  
Daily
  
8 - 10 days
  

Culture

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

No Helicobacter pylori isolated

  

For optimal recovery of Helicobacter pylori, it is strongly recommended that culture be performed within three hours of specimen collection. Helicobacter pylori has been implicated as a factor associated with chronic gastritis. The clinical significance of the organism in regard to gastric or duodenal ulcers, dyspepsia, and gastric carcinoma remains unclear.1 Other factors, such as pepsin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs), aspirin, ischemia, stress, alcohol, and bile salts as well as H pylori, all may have a role in altering the material mucosal barrier. The relative etiologic role of H pylori remains a subject of speculation. H pylori is hypothesized to secrete products capable of degrading gastric mucin. The organism may be seen in Gram stains on imprints from tissue biopsies. In one study, imprint Gram stains performed by imprint technique on biopsies from both the antrum and fundus yielded positives in 100% of 32 culture-positive cases.

Billing

  
87081
87205

Tracking

  
05/20/2019
  
12/26/2023
  
12/26/2023