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Originally Posted by pstinard  H. pylori can be diagnosed using a fecal, blood, breath, or urine sample, at least in humans, so it's possible that Bells was diagnosed in that manner without doing an endoscopy. See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17382278. Hopefully, Bells will improve on her current medication and the liver biopsy won't be necessary, but you have to do what you have to do. |
Even at that, was a culture done?? It isn't mentioned. It says there is diffuse thickening in the stomach wall and that "often" this can be due to helicobacteria. My impression was they are guessing this.....