The outcome of a 2-week treatment of Helicobacter pylori-positive duodenal ulcer with omeprazole-based antibiotic regimen in a region with high metronidazole resistance rate

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1259-1263

  Adeyemi, Edward O ^a   Danial, Moheb F ^b   Helal, Thanaa ^b   Benedict, Sheela ^a   Abdulle, Abdishakur M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Duodenal ulcer; Helicobacter pylori; Omeprazole based antibiotic treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; UREASE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM ULCER; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH PAIN; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032731994     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199911000-00013     Document Type: Article

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