Helicobacter pylori: Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility among Kenyans

Helicobacter pylori infection in Kenya is staggeringly high. Evidence links infection of the gastric mucosa by H. pylori with subsequent development of gastric pathologies. We investigated the prevalence of H. pylori in dyspeptic patients, its relationship with gastric pathologies, and associated an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	SAMJ: South African Medical Journal 2010, Vol.100 (1), p.53-57
Hauptverfasser:	NYERERE KIMANG'A, Andrew, REVATHI, Gunturu, KARIUKI, Samuel, SAYED, Shahin, DEVANI, Smita
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult African Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data Amoxicillin - therapeutic use Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibacterial agents Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen Biological and medical sciences Child Clarithromycin - therapeutic use Cohort Studies Complications and side effects Demographic aspects Drug resistance in microorganisms Drug Resistance, Bacterial Dyspepsia - microbiology General aspects Health Care Sciences & Services Health Policy & Services Helicobacter infections Helicobacter Infections - diagnosis Helicobacter Infections - drug therapy Helicobacter Infections - ethnology Helicobacter pylori Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Kenya Medical Ethics Medical sciences Medicine, General & Internal Medicine, Legal Medicine, Research & Experimental Metronidazole - therapeutic use Microbial Sensitivity Tests Pharmacology. Drug treatments Prevalence Prevalence studies (Epidemiology) Risk factors
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