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Isogenic variation of Helicobacter pylori strain resulting in heteroresistant antibacterial phenotypes in a single host in vivo.
Helicobacter - 1 Jun 2005
Lee Yong Chan, Lee Sun-Young, Pyo Jae Hee, Kwon Dong H, Rhee Jong Chul, Kim Jae J
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BACKGROUND: Antibiotic-susceptible and -resistant Helicobacter pylori can be present simultaneously in the same host. The aim of this study was to evaluate the genomic diversity of H. pylori strains resulting in heteroresistant antibacterial phenotypes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-one pairs of H. pylori strains isolated from the antrum and body displaying heteroresistant antibacterial phenotypes were included....
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