Validation of the string test for the recovery of Helicobacter pylori from gastric secretions and correlation of its results with urea breath test results, serology, and gastric pH levels

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1650-1651

  Torres, J ^a   Camorlinga, M ^a   Perez Perez G ^a   Gonzalez, G ^a   Munoz O ^a  

^a Prol Bosques de Tarango   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EVALUATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STOMACH PH; STOMACH SECRETION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BREATH TESTS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACID; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0035056435     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1650-1651.2001     Document Type: Article

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