Helicobacter pylori populations in Peruvian patients

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 996-1002

  Berg, Douglas E ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^b   Lelwala Guruge, Janaki ^a   Srivastava, Kalpana ^a   Valdez, Yanet ^b   Watanabe, Jose ^b   Miyagi, Juan ^b   Akopyants, Natalia S ^b   Ramirez Ramos, Alberto ^b   Yoshiwara, Tacano H ^b   Recavarren, Sixto ^b   Leon Barua, Raul ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030831491     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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