13C-urea breath test values and Helicobacter pylori eradication

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 370-374

  Zullo, Angelo ^a   Perna, Federico ^b   Ricci, Chiara ^c   Hassan, Cesare ^a   Tampieri, Andrea ^b   De Francesco, Vincenzo ^d   Morini, Sergio ^a   Vaira, Dino ^b  

^a NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d Riuniti Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial resistance; Eradication; Helicobacter pylori; Urea breath test

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; PANTOPRAZOLE; TINIDAZOLE; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING HABIT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA BREATH TEST; BREATH ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA;

EID: 38649123387     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9893-2     Document Type: Article

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