Culture of Helicobacter pylori from gastric biopsies transported in biopsy urease test tubes

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 380-383

  Rautelin, H ^a   Seppala K ^b   Nuutinen, H ^b   Karkkainen P ^a   Sipponen, P ^c   Kosunen, T U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UREASE;

EID: 0030995548     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01726367     Document Type: Article

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