Methodology and transport medium for collection of Helicobacter pylori on a string test in remote locations

Helicobacter

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 630-634

  Windsor, Helen M ^a   Abioye Kuteyit, Emmanuel A ^b,d   Marshall, Barry J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Puntukurnu Aboriginal Medical Service   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Culture; Diagnosis; Helicobacter pylori; String test; Transport

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFSULODIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; POLYSTYRENE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GARGLE; HEART; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFUSION; LABORATORY TEST; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTHWASH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SWALLOWING; TRANSPORT MEDIUM; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 27944475589     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2005.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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