Macrolide resistance in Helicobacter pylori: Mechanism and stability in strains from clarithromycin-treated patients

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2550-2553

  Hultén, Kristina ^a   Gibreel, Amera ^a   Sköld, Ola ^a   Engstrand, Lars ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MACROLIDE; RANITIDINE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 23S; TETRACYCLINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030725251     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.11.2550     Document Type: Article

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