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Heteroresistance of Helicobacter pylori from the same patient prior to antibiotic treatment.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2014
Kao Cheng-Yen, Lee Ai-Yun, Huang Ay-Huey, Song Pin-Yi, Yang Yao-Jong, Sheu Shew-Meei, Chang Wei-Lun, Sheu Bor-Shyang, Wu Jiunn-Jong
Abstract excerpt
Antibiotic resistance among Helicobacter pylori strains has been increasing worldwide and has affected the efficacy of current treatments. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether treatment failure was due to the presence of antibiotic-susceptible and -resistant H. pylori simultaneously within the same host before eradication. In order to discover H. pylori with antibiotic heteroresistance in the same...
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