Validation of string test for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylon infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 976-980

  Velapatino, Billie ^b   Balqui, Jacqueline ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^a,b,c   Bussalleu, Alejandro ^a   Quino, Willi ^a   Finger, S Alison ^a,d   Santivañez, Livia ^b   Herrera, Phabiola ^b   Piscoya, Alejandro ^a   Valdivia, Jose ^a   Cok, Jaime ^a   Berg, Douglas E ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; SILVER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STOMACH BIOPSY; STRING SIGN; SWALLOWING; UREB GENE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 33644888854     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.976-980.2006     Document Type: Article

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