Short duration therapy for Helicobacter pylori in Western Australia: The impact of metronidazole resistance

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-17

  Forbes, G M ^a   Collins, B J ^a   McCullough, C A ^a   Coombs, G W ^a   Robins, P D ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Metronidazole resistance; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BISMUTH CITRATE; LANSOPRAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; STOMACH BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031910728     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1998.tb04452.x     Document Type: Article

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