Characterisation of Helicobacter pylori isolates from the north-eastern region of Mexico

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-45

  Garza Gonzalez, Elvira ^a,d   Bosques Padilla, F J ^b   Tijerina Menchaca, R ^a   Perez Perez, G I ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

cagA; Genotype; Helicobacter pylori; vacA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CAGA PROTEIN; VACUOLATING TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 1642422934     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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