Fecal and oral shedding of Helicobacter pylori from healthy infected adults

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 2240-2245

  Parsonnet, Julie ^a,b   Shmuely, Haim ^a   Haggerty, Thomas ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMETIC AGENT; IPECAC; LAXATIVE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; VOMITING;

EID: 0033572955     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.23.2240     Document Type: Article

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