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Helicobacter pylori: prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in clinical isolates.
British journal of biomedical science - 1 Jan 2006
Hooton C, Dempsey C, Keohane J, O'Mahony S, Crosbie O, Lucey B
Abstract excerpt
This study aims to determine the in vitro susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori to clarithromycin, metronidazole, amoxycillin and tetracycline, the four antibiotics commonly used in eradication therapies. These data are used to evaluate the efficacy of current empiric treatment of H. pylori infection in the Southern Region of Ireland. Culture is performed on gastric biopsy samples obtained from 147 consecutive...
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