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A bacterial culture from a gastric biopsy is the gold standard and is the only method that has 100% specificity. However, its sensitivity varies, depending on experience of the laboratory staff, applied culture media, specimen transport conditions, biopsy site, and quality of the sample. The same factors compromise all invasive methods and a culture-based H. pylori infection diagnostic, as well as a recent intake of antibiotics, bismuth-containing compounds, and proton pump inhibitors. Molecular methods have been used for clinical microbiology investigation since the beginning of the 21st century. However, their usefulness for H. pylori infections diagnosis remains unclear, especially in pediatric patients. The aim of the study was to assess the incidence of H. pylori infections in a group of 104 pediatric patients and to compare the results of the PCR test with the corresponding histopathological investigation effects. 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