Comparison of Helicobacter pylori colonization on the tonsillar surface versus tonsillar core tissue as determined by the CLO test

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 498-501

  Khademi, Bijan ^a,b   Niknejad, Nika ^a   Gandomi, Behrooz ^a   Yeganeh, Firoozeh ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROAT CULTURE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; WALDEYER RING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 35449004799     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130708600817     Document Type: Article

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