Characterization of clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori in Singapore

Microbios

Volumn 94, Issue 378, 1998, Pages 71-81

  Hua, J ^a   Ng, H C ^a   Yeoh, K G ^a   Ho, K Y ^a   Ho, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Biotyping; DNA fingerprinting; Helicobacter pylori; Peptic ulcer

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYTOTOXIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PRIMER DNA; VACA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SINGAPORE; STOMACH;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYTOTOXINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLINS; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SINGAPORE; STOMACH; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031615483     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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