Increasing Multidrug Resistance in Helicobacter pylori Strains Isolated from Children and Adults in Mexico
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- 1 July 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 39 (7) , 2677-2680
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.39.7.2677-2680.2001
Abstract
The susceptibilities to three antimicrobials of 195 Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from Mexican patients is reported; 80% of the strains were resistant to metronidazole, 24% were resistant to clarithromycin, and 18% presented a transient resistance to amoxicillin. Resistance to two or more antimicrobials increased significantly from 1995 to 1997.Keywords
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