Incidence of Helicobacter felis and the effect of coinfection with Helicobacter pylori on the gastric mucosa in the African population

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1692-1696

  Fritz, E Lekunze ^a   Slavik, Tomas ^b   Delport, Wayne ^a   Olivier, Brenda ^a   Van Der Merwe, Schalk W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Ampath Trust   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER FELIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; NEGRO; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH MUCOSA; SUPERINFECTION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER FELIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; SOUTH AFRICA;

HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER FELIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 33646555750     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1692-1696.2006     Document Type: Article

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