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Single and double mutations in gyrA but not in gyrB are associated with low- and high-level fluoroquinolone resistance in Helicobacter pylori.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2003
Tankovic Jacques, Lascols Christine, Sculo Quentin, Petit Jean-Claude, Soussy Claude-James
Abstract excerpt
In one French hospital the rate of resistance to ciprofloxacin in Helicobacter pylori was 3.3% (2 of 60 strains) in 1999. The six resistant clinical strains (four from 1996 and two from 1999) and three ciprofloxacin-selected single-step mutants studied carried one gyrA mutation but none in gyrB. Clinafloxacin and garenoxacin were the most active fluoroquinolones against these mutants. Occurrence of a second gyrA...
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