Bacterial overgrowth during treatment with omeprazole compared with cimetidine: A prospective randomised double blind study

Gut

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-59

  Thorens, J ^a,e   Froehlich, F ^a   Schwizer, W ^a   Saraga, E ^a   Bille, J ^a   Gyr, K ^b   Duroux, P ^a   Nicolet, M ^a   Pignatelli, B ^c   Blum, A L ^a   Gonvers, J J ^a   Fried, M ^d  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e POLICLINIQUE MÉDICALE UNIVERSITAIRE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

bacterial overgrowth; cimetidine; N nitroso compounds; nitrates; nitrites; omeprazole

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA CAROTENE; CIMETIDINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; OMEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GROWTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 8944247271     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.39.1.54     Document Type: Article

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