Is Culture Necessary before first-line treatment for Helicobacter pylori Infection?

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 2717-

  Gisbert, Javier P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COST; DRUG EFFICACY; ERADICATION THERAPY; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LETTER; NONHUMAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS;

EID: 80455142958     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5135     Document Type: Letter

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