Helicobacter pylori colonization of the adenotonsillar tissue: Fact or fiction?

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 807-811

  Vilarinho, Sérgio ^a   Guimarães, Nuno M ^b,c   Ferreira, Rui M ^b,d   Gomes, Bárbara ^e   Wen, Xiaogang ^b   Vieira, Maria J ^c   Carneiro, Fátima ^b,d,e   Godinho, Tiago ^a   Figueiredo, Ceu ^b,d  

^a HOSPITAL DE BRAGA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d University of Porto   (Portugal)

^e HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillar tissue; Helicobacter pylori; Immunohistochemistry; PCR; PNA FISH; Rapid urease test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADENOID; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLAR TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTRIC RESERVOIR; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; STOMACH SURGERY; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; VACA GENE; ZOONOSIS; BLOOD; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PALATINE TONSIL;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; PALATINE TONSIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TONSILLECTOMY; UREASE;

EID: 79952032500     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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