Helicobacter pylori and Helicobacter heilmannii in untreated Bulgarian children over a period of 10 years

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1081-1085

  Boyanova, Lyudmila ^a   Lazarova, Elena ^b   Jelev, Christo ^b   Gergova, Galina ^a   Mitov, Ivan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b University Paediatric Hospital   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BULGARIA; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HELICOBACTER HEILMANNII; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY; BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; GENTIAN VIOLET; HELICOBACTER HEILMANNII; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MUCUS; PEPTIC ULCER; PHENAZINES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STOMACH; STOMACH ULCER; UREASE;

EID: 34547892234     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47181-0     Document Type: Article

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