Assessment of Salivary Polymerase Chain Reaction as a Non-invasive Method for Detecting Helicobacter pylori Infection in Patients With Symptomatic Gastritis.

Cureus · 2026 · PMC13125713 · PMID 42064479

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Although PCR positivity was higher among biopsy-confirmed cases, the association between salivary PCR and biopsy findings did not reach statistical significance (χ2=1.85, p=0.17).

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