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Mutations in 23S rRNA are associated with clarithromycin resistance in Helicobacter pylori.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Feb 1996
Versalovic J, Shortridge D, Kibler K, Griffy M V, Beyer J, Flamm R K, Tanaka S K, Graham D Y, Go M F
Abstract excerpt
Twelve clarithromycin-resistant Helicobacter pylori isolates (100% of resistant isolates examined) from seven different patients each contained an A-->G transition mutation within a conserved loop of 23S rRNA. A-->G transition mutations at positions cognate with Escherichia coli 23S rRNA positions 2058 and 2059 were identified. Clarithromycin-susceptible H. pylori isolates from 14 different patients displayed no...
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