Otsuka America Pharmaceutical announced that BreathTek UBT for H. Pylori Kit may be administered to patients who are taking proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs). Specifically, patients who took PPIs within ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...