Helicobacter pylori in cathartic stools of subjects with and without cimetidine-induced hypochlorhydria

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-191

  Haggerty, Thomas ^a   Shmuely, Haim ^a   Parsonnet, Julie ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE; DISODIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ACHLORHYDRIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; GASTROENTERITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH PH;

ACHLORHYDRIA; CATHARTICS; CIMETIDINE; FECES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0037320622     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.04917-0     Document Type: Article

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