Survey in Iran of clarithromycin resistance in helicobacter pylori isolates by PCR-RFLP

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-95

  Sadeghifard, Nourkhoda ^a   Seidnazari, Teimour ^a   Ghafourian, Sobhan ^a,c   Soleimani, Mohammad ^b   Maleki, Abbas ^a   Qomi, Mostafa Akbari ^a   Sekawi, Zamberi ^c  

^a ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Clarithromycin resistance; H.pylori; Iran; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877648383     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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