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Antibiotic resistance and cagA gene correlation: a looming crisis of Helicobacter pylori.
World journal of gastroenterology - 14 May 2012
Khan Adnan, Farooqui Amber, Manzoor Hamid, Akhtar Syed Shakeel, Quraishy Muhammad Saeed, Kazmi Shahana Urooj
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AIM: To determine antibiotic resistance of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in Pakistan and its correlation with host and pathogen associated factors. METHODS: A total of 178 strains of H. pylori were isolated from gastric biopsies of dyspeptic patients. Susceptibility patterns against first and second-line antibiotics were determined and trends of resistance were analyzed in relation to the sampling period,...
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