An update of laboratory diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 806-814

  Somily, Ali M ^a,b   Morshed, Muhammad G ^c,d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Diagnosis; Drug susceptibility; Helicobacter pylori; PCR; Urea breath test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RAPID UREASE TEST; REVIEW; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; UREA BREATH TEST; URINALYSIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECTS; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY TEST; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84940471011     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.5842     Document Type: Review

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