Becker's ASC

First Helicobacter Pylori Test for Children Receives FDA Approval

The BreathTek UBT test is the first breath test to detect Helicobacter pylori bacterial infections in children ages 3-17 and has received approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read the ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Children Now Eligible for Screening Test for Bacterium

(HealthDay News) – The US Food and Drug Administration has expanded approval for a breath test that screens for a common ulcer-causing germ, to include children aged 3–17 years. The Helicobacter ...
Medscape

Simplified 13C-Urea Breath Test With a New Infrared Spectrometer for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection

From July 1998 to August 1999, a total of 600 patients, including 14 patients who were later excluded from the analysis, completed the UBT. Of the 14 excluded, seven patients <20 years old or >70 ...
Medscape

Discontinuation of PPI Prior to Urea Breath Test

Should a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) be discontinued prior to a urea breath test (UBT)? If yes, for how long before the test?
Becker's Hospital Review

FDA Approves First Helicobacter Pylori Test for Children

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first breath test to detect Helicobacter pylori bacterial infections in children ages 3-17. The FDA based its approval of the BreathTek UBT test ...
FierceBiotech

FDA approves first Helicobacter pylori breath test for children

The first breath test for use in children ages 3 to 17 years to detect Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacterial infections, responsible for chronic stomach inflammation (gastritis) and ulcers, was ...