Detection of Helicobacter pylori infection in symptomatic Bulgarian adults

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 908-914

  Boyanova, L ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b NONE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Culture; Density; Diagnosis; Helicobacter pylori; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BISMUTH; CLARITHROMYCIN; ESOMEPRAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RABEPRAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BULGARIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE ISOLATION; GRAM STAINING; HELICOBACTER HEILMANNII; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; ULCER;

CANDIDATUS HELICOBACTER HEILMANNII; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 34547837350     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01770.x     Document Type: Article

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