Prevalence of resistant Helicobacter pylori isolates in Bulgarian children

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 786-790

  Boyanova, Lyudmila ^a   Koumanova, Radka ^a   Gergova, Galina ^a   Popova, Maria ^a   Mitov, Ivan ^a   Kovacheva, Youlia ^a   Derejian, Sirigan ^a   Katsarov, Nikolai ^a   Nikolov, Rossen ^a   Krastev, Zacharii ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DILUTION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; GENDER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0036736518     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-51-9-786     Document Type: Article

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