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Antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance patterns among Helicobacter pylori strains from The Gambia, West Africa.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Mar 2013
Secka Ousman, Berg Douglas E, Antonio Martin, Corrah Tumani, Tapgun Mary, Walton Robert, Thomas Vivat, Galano Juan J, Sancho Javier, Adegbola Richard A, Thomas Julian E
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori is a globally important and genetically diverse gastric pathogen that infects most people in developing countries. Eradication efforts are complicated by antibiotic resistance, which varies in frequency geographically. There are very few data on resistance in African strains. Sixty-four Gambian H. pylori strains were tested for antibiotic susceptibility. The role of rdxA in metronidazole (Mtz)...
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