Total family unit Helicobacter pylori eradication and pediatric re-infection rates

Helicobacter

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-288

  Farrell, Stephen ^a   Milliken, Irene ^b   Doherty, Gary M ^a   Murphy, Jane L ^c   Wootton, Steven A ^c   McCallion, William A ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Family; Helicobacter pylori; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; ERADICATION THERAPY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REINFECTION; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AMOXICILLIN; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RECURRENCE; UREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 3342996709     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-4389.2004.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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