High level of resistance to metronidazole and clarithromycin in Helicobacter pylori isolated from pediatric patients in Poland (1997-2001)

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-136

  Gosciniak G ^a   Iwanczak B ^a   Przondo Mordarska, A ^a   Grabinska J ^a   Iwanczak F ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 2542554388     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02931386     Document Type: Article

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