TABLE 6.

Detection of Helicobacter pylori IgG antibodies in saliva^a

Type of test (manufacturer)	Type of patient	No. of specimens tested	Reference test(s)	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	Reference	Yr
In-house ELISA	Adult	119	Biopsy-based tests	85		435	1994
In-house ELISA	Adult	152	Histo	82	71	324	1995
Helisal (Cortecs)	Adult	86	Biopsy-based tests	88	71	75	1996
Helisal (Cortecs)	Adult	195	Culture, Histo	81	75	503	1996
Helisal (Cortecs)	Adult	106	Histo	66	74	133	1996
Helisal (Cortecs)	Adult	157	Histo	85	58	317	1997
Helisal (Cortecs)	Adult	303	Histo, UT	84	70	463	1997
In-house ELISA	Child	112	Histo, UT	93	82	325	1997
GAP (Bio-Rad)	Adult	70	Culture	84	90	106	1999
In-house ELISA	Adult	81	Culture, Histo, UT	94	85	341	1999
OraSure + ELISA (EPI)	Child	287	UBT	65	95	333	2000
Helori test (Eurospital)	Adult	213	Histo, UT, UBT	81	73	323	2000
ELISA	Child	669	Serum ELISA	64	86	26	2000
Helisal (Cortecs)	Adult	196	UT	74	67	80	2001
Salivette + HM-CAP (Enterics)	Child	477	UBT	80.9	95.3	37	2002
OraSure + oral fluid ELISA (Enterics)	Child	281	Histo	71	90.4	165	2002

^aHisto, histology; UT, urease test.