Primary antibiotic resistance of Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from portuguese children: A prospective multicentre study over a 10 year period

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2308-2311

  Oleastro, Mónica ^a   Cabral, José ^b   Ramalho, Paulo Magalh̃es ^c,d   Lemos, Piedade Sande ^e   Paixã o, Eleonora ^a   Benoliel, Jõo ^a   Santos, Andrea ^a   Lopes, Ana Isabel ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^e HOSPITAL FERNANDO FONSECA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

H. pylori; Portugal; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEGRO; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 80052906813     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr293     Document Type: Article

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