Peptic ulcer disease in south Ethiopia is strongly associated with Helicobacter pylori

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-173

  Henriksen, Thor Henrik ^a,b   Nysaeter, Gunnar ^a   Madebo, Tesfaye ^a   Setegn, Degefe ^a   Brorson, Øystein ^b   Kebede, Tedla ^a   Berstad, Arnold ^c  

^a Sidamo Regional Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^b Vestfold Sentralsykehus ^*  (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ampicillin; Doxycycline; Drug resistance; Duodenitis; Epidemiology; Ethiopia; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Incubation time; Metronidazole; Peptic ulcer; Prevalence; Tetracycline; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BISMUTH NITRATE; DOXYCYCLINE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEPTIC ULCER;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032907034     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90297-3     Document Type: Article

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