Potential role of enterohepatic Helicobacter species as a facilitating factor in the development of Chlamydia trachomatis proctitis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 481-483

  Meštrović, Tomislav ^a   Ljubin Sternak, Sunčanica ^b   Sviben, Mario ^b  

^a Polyclinic for Medical Microbiology and Parasitology Dr Zora Profozic   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER BILIS; HELICOBACTER CINAEDI; HELICOBACTER FENNELLIAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HELICOBACTERACEAE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PROCTITIS; RECTUM;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER CINAEDI; HELICOBACTER FENNELLIAE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HELICOBACTER; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIVER; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROCTITIS;

EID: 84881546591     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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