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Detection of high-level tetracycline resistance in clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori using PCR-RFLP.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 15 Jan 2004
Ribeiro Marcelo L, Gerrits Monique M, Benvengo Yune H B, Berning Marco, Godoy Anita P O, Kuipers Ernst J, Mendonça Sergio, van Vliet Arnoud H M, Pedrazzoli José, Kusters Johannes G
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Tetracycline is one of four antibiotics commonly used for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection, but its effectiveness is decreasing as the incidence of tetracycline resistance is increasing. In five Brazilian tetracycline-resistant (Tet(R)) H. pylori isolates, high-level tetracycline re...
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