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Alterations in penicillin-binding protein 1A confer resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics in Helicobacter pylori.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2002
Gerrits M M, Schuijffel D, van Zwet A A, Kuipers E J, Vandenbroucke-Grauls C M J E, Kusters J G
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Most Helicobacter pylori strains are susceptible to amoxicillin, an important component of combination therapies for H. pylori eradication. The isolation and initial characterization of the first reported stable amoxicillin-resistant clinical H. pylori isolate (the Hardenberg strain) have been published previously, but the underlying resistance mechanism was not described. Here we present evidence that the...
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