Detection of Helicobacter pylori by PCR on gastric biopsy specimens taken for CP test: Comparison with histopathological analysis

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-82

  Di Bonaventura, G ^a   Neri, M ^a   Angelucci, D ^a   Rosini, S ^a   Piccolomini, M ^a   Piccolomini, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; PCR; Rapid urease test

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DUODENOSCOPY; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID UREASE TEST; SAMPLE; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; TISSUE CULTURE; WORKLOAD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYLORIC ANTRUM; UREASE;

EID: 4644303481     PISSN: 03946320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039463200401700111     Document Type: Article

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