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Distribution of antibiotic MICs for Helicobacter pylori strains over a 16-year period in patients from Seoul, South Korea.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2004
Kim Jung Mogg, Kim Joo Sung, Jung Hyun Chae, Kim Nayoung, Kim Young-Jeon, Song In Sung
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Recently, the development of antibiotic resistance emerged as a significant clinical problem in the eradication of Helicobacter pylori. We investigated the MICs of antibiotics for 135 H. pylori isolates from adults in Seoul, South Korea, over the past 16 years. The MICs of amoxicillin, clarithromycin, metronidazole, tetracycline, azithromycin, and ciprofloxacin increased from 1987 to 2003. Rates of primary...
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