Meta-analysis: The effect of antibiotic resistance status on the efficacy of triple and quadruple first-line therapies for Helicobacter pylori

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-357

  Fischbach, L ^a   Evans, E L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BISMUTH; CLARITHROMYCIN; FAMOTIDINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LANSOPRAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RABEPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE; STOMACH SECRETION INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLINE; TINIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447298402     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03386.x     Document Type: Article

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