Low prevalence of Helicobacter pylori among symptomatic children from a hospital in Havana, Cuba

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-234

  Llanes, Rafael ^a   Millán, Leslie M ^a   Escobar, María P ^b   Gala, Angela ^c   Capó, Virginia ^c   Feliciano, Onelkis ^a   Gutiérrez, Oderay ^a   Llop, Alina ^a   Ponce, Félix ^d   Pérez pérez, Guillermo I ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO DE GASTROENTEROLOGÍA   (Cuba)

^c IPK   (Cuba)

^d Centro Provincial Higiene Epidemiología Microbiología   (Cuba)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; H. pylori; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CUBA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMATEMESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RAPID UREASE TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUBA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862486364     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmr060     Document Type: Article

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