Evaluation of clarithromycin resistance and cagA and vacA genotyping of Helicobacter pylori strains from the west of Ireland using line probe assays

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1978-1980

  Ryan, K A ^a   Van Doorn, L J ^a   Moran, A P ^a   Glennon, M ^a   Smith, T ^a   Maher, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CYTOTOXIN ASSOCIATED GENE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VACUOLATING CYTOTOXIN GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPSY; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIGOXIGENIN; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IRELAND; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; STOMACH;

EID: 0035004472     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1978-1980.2001     Document Type: Article

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