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Geographically distinct North-East Indian Helicobacter pylori strains are highly sensitive to clarithromycin but are levofloxacin resistant.
Indian journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Mahant Shweta, Sharma Amresh Kumar, Gehlot Valentina, Mukhopadhyay Asish Kumar, Chhawchharia Ayushi, Dutta Sangitanjan, Agarwal Anil, Som Anup, Das Kunal, Das Rajashree
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Purpose: Helicobacter pylori causes various gastro-intestinal diseases. Antibiotic resistance to commonly used antibiotics for the treatment of H. pylori infection is the major cause for treatment failure. The aim of this study is to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern for clarithromycin and levofloxacin and find the evolutionary relationship of the partial sequence of 23S rRNA and gyraseA gene of...
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