The Suitability of Stool Antigen Testing in the Detection of Helicobacter pylori in a Regional and Rural Area of Australia

Table 1

Noninvasive H. pylori testing during the 2018-2020 period by Southern.IML Pathology.

	SAT	Serology	UBT	All noninvasive
Total test number	2201	6515	12282	20998
Positive	12.49% (275)	14.89% (970)	14.66% (1800)	14.72% (3090)
Negative	84.64% (1863)	80.08% (5217)	77.01% (9458)	78.76% (16538)
Equivocal tests	2.86% (63)	5.03% (328)	8.34% (1024)	6.74% (1415)

The total, equivocal, positive, and negative result numbers of each detection method have been included. Totals of each result have been calculated for the noninvasive tests and all tests inclusive. A percentage as compared to column total test number has been calculated and displayed with test number in brackets, e.g., % ().