Unreliability of results of PCR detection of Helicobacter pylori in clinical or environmental samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 738-742

  Sugimoto, Mitsushige ^a   Wu, Jeng Yih ^a   Abudayyeh, Suhaib ^a   Hoffman, Jill ^a   Brahem, Hajer ^a   Al Khatib, Khaldun ^a   Yamaoka, Yoshio ^a   Graham, David Y ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH BIOPSY; UREA GENE;

DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 62749094405     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01563-08     Document Type: Article

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