Culture of Helicobacter pylori from a gastric string may be an alternative to endoscopic biopsy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2438-2439

  Samuels, Amy L ^a   Windsor, Helen M ^a   Ho, Grace Y ^a   Goodwin, Luke D ^b   Marshall, Barry J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034043501     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.6.2438-2439.2000     Document Type: Article

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