Helicobacter pylori reinfection with identical organisms: Transmission by the patients' spouses

Gut

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 831-833

  Schutze, K ^a   Hentschel, E ^a   Dragosics, B ^a   Hirschl, A M ^a  

^a HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronic duodenal ulcer disease; Helicobacter pylori; Reinfection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METRONIDAZOLE; RANITIDINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG THERAPY; DUODENUM ULCER; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFECTION; SPOUSE; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 0029036950     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.36.6.831     Document Type: Article

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