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Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of clarithromycin-resistant Helicobacter pylori from Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) - 1 Aug 2013
Trespalacios Alba A, Otero William, Caminos Jorge E, Mercado Marcela M, Avila Jenny, Rosero Liliana E, Arévalo Azucena, Poutou-Piñales Raúl A, Graham David Y
Abstract excerpt
Resistance of Helicobacter pylori to clarithromycin is the most common cause of treatment failure in patients with H. pylori infections. This study describes the MICs and the presence of 23S rRNA mutations of H. pylori isolates from Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. H. pylori were isolated from gastric biopsies from patients with functional dyspepsia. Clarithromycin susceptibility was investigated by agar dilution and...
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