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No association between Helicobacter pylori genotypes and antibiotic resistance phenotypes within families.
Helicobacter - 1 Dec 2002
Zschausch Hans-Christoph E, Han Shan-Rui, Meyer Heinz-Georg W, Maeurer Markus J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Triple therapy combining a proton pump inhibitor with two antibiotics, e.g. clarythromycin (CLR), metronidazole (MTZ) or amoxicillin (AMX), represents the standard in Helicobacter pylori eradication regimens. Resistance to antimicrobial agents, particularly MTZ (up to 56% in Western countries) and CLR (up to 15% in southern Europe), is frequently observed and may be associated with treatment failure...
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