PCR detection of Helicobacter pylori in string-absorbed gastric juice

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-16

  Domínguez Bello, Maria G ^a   Cienfuentes, Calixto ^b   Romero, Roberto ^a   García, Paul ^c   Gómez, Ivette ^c   Mago, Vladimir ^c   Reyes, Nelson ^a   Gueneau De Novoa, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital Dr Domingo Luciani   (Venezuela)

^c Hospital General del Oeste   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Gastric juice; Helicobacter pylori; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH JUICE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; GASTRIC JUICE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYLORIC ANTRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UREASE;

EID: 0035917507     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00120-3     Document Type: Article

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