Detection of clarithromycin-resistant Helicobacter pylori in frozen gastric biopsies from pediatric patients by a commercially available fluorescent in situ hybridization

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 421-423

  Vega, Alba E ^a   Alarcón, Teresa ^b   Domingo, Diego ^b   López Brea, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clarithromycin resistance; FISH; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Helicobacter pylori; Molecular methods

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENTATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FREEZING; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; STOMACH;

EID: 36549071498     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.06.020     Document Type: Article

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