Helicobacter heilmannii gastritis caused by cat to child transmission

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 407-409

  Van Loon, Sandra ^a   Bart, Aldert ^b,c   Den Hertog, Erik J ^d   Nikkels, Peter G J ^a   Houwen, Roderick H J ^a   De Schryver, Jan E A R ^a   Oudshoorn, Johanna H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; OMEPRAZOLE; SPACER DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRITIS; GASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER HEILMANNII; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRRITABLE COLON; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAINING; STOMACH BIOPSY; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CAT DISEASE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER HEILMANNII;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER HEILMANNII; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0041632296     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200303000-00021     Document Type: Article

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