Article
Phenotypic and genetic characterization of antimicrobial profiles of Helicobacter pylori strains in Cuba.
Journal of health, population, and nutrition - 1 Apr 2010
Llanes Rafael, Soria Claudia, Nagashima Shigeo, Kobayashi Nobumichi, Gala Angela, Guzmán Daymi, Feliciano Onelkis, Valdés Lidunka, Gutiérrez Oderay, Fernández Heriberto, Llop Alina, Wada Akihiro
Abstract excerpt
The study evaluated the antibiotic resistance patterns of Helicobacter pylori strains against metronidazole and clarithromycin in a hospital in Havana, Cuba. Eighty-five percent, 22.5%, and 10% of 40 H. pylori strains investigated were resistant to metronidazole, ciprofloxacin, and clarithromycin respectively but all were susceptible to amoxicillin and tetracycline. RdxA truncation was found only in...
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