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Necessity of multiple gastric biopsies from different sites for detection of clarithromycin-resistant Helicobacter pylori strains.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Sept 2003
Masuda H, Hiyama T, Yoshihara M, Tanaka S, Shimamoto F, Haruma K, Chayama K
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BACKGROUND: It has been reported that approximately 10% of patients infected with Helicobacter pylori have both clarithromycin-susceptible and clathromycin-resistant strains. However, there have been no reports indicating whether only one gastric biopsy is sufficient to detect clarithromycin-resistant strains. METHODS: Sixty-five H. pylori-infected patients were selected for this study, and 40 of them were given...
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