Helicobacter pylori infection: Approach of primary care physicians in a developing country

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ahmed, Shahid ^a   Salih, Mohammad ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a   Ali Shah, Hasnain ^a   Hamid, Saeed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPEPSIA; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STATISTICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 65649106565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-9-23     Document Type: Article

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