Assessment of Helicobacter pylori prevalence by scorpion real-time PCR in chronic tonsillitis patients

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-42

  Naserpour Farivar, T ^a   Pahlevan, A A ^a   Johari, P ^a   Safdarian, F ^a   Aslani Mehr, M ^a   Najafipour, R ^a   Ahmadpour, F ^a  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; PCR; Rapid urease test; Real time; Scorpion; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PARAFFIN; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84858804818     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.93760     Document Type: Article

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