Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai zasshi = The Japanese journal of gastro-enterology
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Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi · Dec 2004
[Influence of urease activity of the oral cavity and oropharynx on 13C-urea breath test].
We examined whether 13C-urea breath test with powdered 13C-Urea is affected with urease activity in the oral cavity and oropharynx in H. pylori negative cases. We also examined whether the degree of gargling affects the results of 13C-UBT. ⋯ Therefore, it is possible that the UBT value may be affected with relic urease activity in the oropharynx if only the oral cavity is gargled. In conclusion, Gargling of the oropharynx in addition to the oral cavity is important to obtain true negative diagnosis with 13C-UBT in patients without Helicobacter pylori infection.