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Evaluation of clarithromycin resistance and cagA and vacA genotyping of Helicobacter pylori strains from the west of Ireland using line probe assays.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2001
Ryan K A, van Doorn L J, Moran A P, Glennon M, Smith T, Maher M
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of clarithromycin resistance-associated mutations, the cytotoxin-associated gene (cagA), and the various vacuolating cytotoxin (vacA) genotypes was determined in 50 gastric biopsy specimens from Helicobacter pylori-infected patients, using line probe assays. The clarithromycin resistance-associated mutation A2143G was detected in H. pylori strains from 26% of the specimens, which suggested that the...
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