Helicobacter pylori colonization of the adenotonsillar tissue : fact or fiction?

Objective: The transmission of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori involves the oral route. Molecular techniques have allowed the detection of H. pylori DNA in samples of the oral cavity, although culture of H. pylori from these type of samples has been sporadic. Studies have tried to demonstra...

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Main Author: Vilarinho, Sérgio (author)
Other Authors: Guimarães, N. (author), Ferreira, Rui M. (author), Gomes, Bárbara (author), Wen, Xiaogang (author), Vieira, M. J. (author), Carneiro, Fátima (author), Godinho, Tiago (author), Figueiredo, C. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/11414
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/11414