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A Helicobacter pylori TolC efflux pump confers resistance to metronidazole.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2005
van Amsterdam Karin, Bart Aldert, van der Ende Arie
Abstract excerpt
In Helicobacter pylori, the contribution of efflux proteins to antibiotic resistance is not well established. As translocases that act in parallel may have overlapping substrate specificities, the loss of function of one such translocase may be compensated for by that of another translocase with no effect on susceptibilities to antibiotics. The genome of H. pylori 26695 was assessed for the presence of putative...
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