Article
High prevalence of clarithromycin resistance and cagA, vacA, iceA2, and babA2 genotypes of Helicobacter pylori in Brazilian children.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2010
Garcia Gabriella T, Aranda Katia R S, Gonçalves Manoel E P, Cardoso Silvia R, Iriya Kiyoshi, Silva Neusa P, Scaletsky Isabel C A
Abstract excerpt
We isolated 45 Helicobacter pylori strains from 217 child patients. Resistance to clarithromycin, metronidazole, amoxicillin, and tetracycline was detected in 27%, 13%, 4%, and 0% of strains, respectively. The A2143G mutation was the most prevalent (67%) among clarithromycin-resistant strains. In addition, strain genotyping revealed a significant association between gastritis severity and the simultaneous...
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