An increase in Helicobacter pylori strains resistant to metronidazole: A five-year study

Helicobacter

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-61

  Ling, Thomas K W ^a   Cheng, Augustine F B ^a   Sung, Joseph J Y ^a   Yiu, Phyllis Y L ^a   Chung, Sydney S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BISMUTH; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPICILLIN; ANTACIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BISMUTH; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 0030088797     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.1996.tb00009.x     Document Type: Article

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