Stool Polymerase Chain Reaction for Helicobacter pylori Detection and Clarithromycin Susceptibility Testing in Children

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-312

  Vécsei, Andreas ^a   Innerhofer, Albina ^a   Binder, Christa ^a   Gizci, Heidi ^a   Hammer, Karin ^a   Bruckdorfer, Andrea ^a   Riedl, Stefan ^a   Gadner, Helmut ^a   Hirschl, Alexander M ^b   Makristathis, Athanasios ^b  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Feces; Helicobacter pylori; Pediatrics; Polymerase Chain Reaction

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; UREASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREASE;

EID: 77349087777     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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