31/0.19/0.06, 0.31/0.26/0.13] continued to decline significantly. (2) Compared 5 and 10 years, mononuclear cell decreased at antrum [0.75 to 0.66 P = 0.083]. Lymphoid follicle of both sites decreased but not significantly [0.07 to 0.03 at antrum P = 0.125, 0.09 to 0.03 at corpus P = 0.132]. (3) Among cases and age-sex matched controls, there are no significant differences at five years after therapy. Conclusion: The present

study elucidated the long term course of inflammatory cell infiltration and concluded that the infiltrations of mononuclear cell and lymphoid follicle continue to decline for five years even after successful eradication. Key Word(s): 1. mononuclear cell; 2. lymphoid follicle; 3. H. pylori Presenting Author: CATHARINA TRIWIKATMANI Additional Authors: MUHAMMAD BRIAN RISTIANTO, IBNU SINA IBROHIM, FAHMI INDRARTI, NENENG RATNASARI, Saracatinib SUTANTO MADUSENO, PUTUT BAYUPURNAMA, SITI NURDJANAH Corresponding Author: CATHARINA TRIWIKATMANI Affiliations: Gadjah Mada University, Gadjah Mada University, Faculty of Medicine, Gmu/Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Gmu/Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Gmu/Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Gmu/Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, GMU/Dr. Sardjito Hospital Objective: In-house

rapid urease test (iRUT) is an attractive methode for the detection of Helicobacter pylori because JQ1 ic50 it is rapid, inexpensive, easy to prepare, and requires only visual interpretation. Warming of iRUT by incubating at 37°C may accelerate the color change. This study was undertaken to evaluate diagnostic values of iRUT incubated at 37°C for diagnosing H. pylori infection.

Methods: Fifty-seven consecutive patients with dyspeptic symptoms attending the endoscopy suite Dr. Sardjito General selleck screening library Hospital were enrolled in this study. Two antral biopsy samples were taken from each patients. The samples were subjected to iRUT and histologic examination as the reference standard. The results of iRUT were read and recorded at 5, 30, 60 minutes, and 24 hours. Results: Fourteen (24.56%) patients were infected as defined by histologic examination. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and accuracy of iRUT were 35.7%, 90.7%, 55.6%, 81.3%, 77.2% at 5 minutes; 42.9%, 86.1%, 50%, 82.2%,75.4% at 30 minutes; 61.5%, 80%, 50%, 86.5%, 75.5% at 60 minutes; and 100%, 57.5%, 45.2%, 100%, 68.5% at 24 hours, respectively. Conclusion: In-house RUT incubated at 37°C has the highest sensitivity and NPV at 24 hours, and has the highest specificity, PPV, and accuracy at 5 minutes. Acknowledgements The authors’ work relating to iRUT is based on the Tohoku University Hospital iRUT formula. We thank staffs of the Division of Gastroenterology Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, especially Prof. Tooru Shimosegawa and Dr. Akira Imatani. Key Word(s): 1. rapid urease test; 2.