A review of helicobacter pylori diagnosis, treatment, and methods to detect eradication

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1438-1449

  Garza González, Elvira ^a   Perez Perez, Guillermo Ignacio ^b   Maldonado Garza, Héctor Jesús ^a   Bosques Padilla, Francisco Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Concomitant therapy; Diagnosis; Helicobacter pylori; Hybrid therapy; Sequential therapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CARBON 13; CLARITHROMYCIN; LACTOFERRIN; LANSOPRAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RABEPRAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TINIDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; UREA; UREASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ERADICATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH CANCER; UREA BREATH TEST; BIOPSY; BREATH ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STOMACH TUMOR; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL, MARGINAL ZONE; PEPTIC ULCER; PROBIOTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA; UREASE;

EID: 84893731367     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i6.1438     Document Type: Article

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