Ongoing gastric acid inhibition is a confounding factor in Helicobacter pylori diagnosis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-53

  Jonkers, Daisy ^a   Houben, Peter ^a   Stobberingh, Ellen ^a   Stockbrügger, Reinhold ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gastric acid inhibition; Helicobacter pylori; Immunohistochemical stain; Modified Giemsa stain; Non Helicobacter pylori flora

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; STOMACH SECRETION INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH JUICE;

EID: 0031032130     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199701000-00013     Document Type: Article

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