Review of successful treatment for Helicobacter species in laboratory mice

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-122

  Kerton, Angela ^a,c   Warden, Paul ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Imperial College Charing Cross Campus   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eradication; Helicobacter; Laboratory mouse; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BISMUTH; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; METRONIDAZOLE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RODENT DISEASES;

HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS;

EID: 33646267667     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367706776319033     Document Type: Review

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