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Tetracycline resistance in Chilean clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori
24 Dec 2009
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Since high-level tetracycline resistance in Helicobacter pylori has been associated with a AGA926-928-->TTC substitution in the 16S rRNA genes rrnA/B, the aim of the study was to screen for tetracycline resistance in H. pylori clinical isolates obtained from Santiago, Chile by using a recently reported molecular assay. METHODS: A PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assay of the...
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