Helicobacter pylori isolates recovered from gastric biopsies of patients with gastro-duodenal pathologies in Cameroon: Current status of antibiogram

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 848-854

  Ndip, Roland N ^a,b   Malange Takang, Alertia E ^b   Ojongokpoko, Juliet E A ^b   Luma, Henry N ^c   Malongue, Agnes ^c   Akoachere, Jane Francis T K ^b   Ndip, Lucy M ^b   MacMillan, Martin ^d   Weaver, Lawrence T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^c DOUALA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiogram; Cameroon; Gastric biopsies; H. pylori

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; LABORATORY METHOD;

ADULT; AGAR DILUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PREVALENCE; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CAMEROON; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PYLORIC ANTRUM; SEX FACTORS; STOMACH; TETRACYCLINE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 43549098449     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02062.x     Document Type: Article

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