Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Nicaraguan children with persistent diarrhea, diagnosed by the 13C-urea breath test

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 84-88

  Kehrt, Rainer ^a   Becker, Michael ^a,c   Brösicke, Herbert ^a   Krüger, Norbert ^b   Helge, Hans ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C urea breath test; Children; Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Malnutrition; Persistent diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICARAGUA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NICARAGUA; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0030745628     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199707000-00014     Document Type: Article

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