Helicobacter pylori Culture from a Positive, Liquid-Based Urease Test for Routine Clinical Use: A Cost-Effective Approach

Helicobacter

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-23

  Jaup, Bernhard H ^a,b   Stenquist, Bo ^a   Brandberg, Åke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Section of Urology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENZYME TESTS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; UREASE;

EID: 0034145410     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5378.2000.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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