Characteristics and trends in macrolide resistance among Helicobacter pylori strains isolated in Bulgaria over four years

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 309-313

  Boyanova, Ludmila ^a   Spassova, Zoya ^b   Krastev, Zacharii ^b   Petrov, Stephan ^c   Stancheva, Irina ^d   Docheva, Juliana ^a   Mitov, Ivan ^a   Koumanova, Radka ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ST IVAN RILSKI   (Bulgaria)

^c Department of Pathology   (Bulgaria)

^d MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR   (Bulgaria)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BULGARIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032784554     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(99)00038-3     Document Type: Article

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