Rate of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children and Clonality of Taiwan Strains

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 813-821

  Chu, Chi Shih ^a   Yu, Yu Jen ^a   Kong, Man Shan ^b   Ou, Jonathan T ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CLO test; Clonality; Culture; Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; PCR; Phylogenetics; Urease activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0242493036     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03447.x     Document Type: Article

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