Tonsillectomy does not decrease the risk of Helicobacter pylori transmission

J Clin Gastroenterol. 2008 Mar;42(3):326-7. doi: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000247990.04463.82.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
  • Helicobacter Infections / transmission*
  • Helicobacter pylori / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Palatine Tonsil / microbiology
  • Palatine Tonsil / surgery
  • Prognosis
  • Stomach / microbiology
  • Tonsillectomy*