digestive disorders
Helicobacter pylori Infection
Diagnosis of H. pylori Infection
Sometimes doctors use a flexible viewing tube (endoscope) to do an upper endoscopy Endoscopy Endoscopy is an examination of internal structures using a flexible viewing tube (endoscope). In addition to examinations, doctors can use endoscopy to do biopsies and give treatment. Endoscopes... read more to obtain a sample (biopsy) of the stomach lining. The sample can be tested for H. pylori by several methods.