Clarithromycin resistance in Iranian H. pylori strains before introduction of clarithromycin [2]

Helicobacter

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-

  Mohammadi, Marjan ^a   Doroud, Delaram ^a   Massarrat, Sadegh ^b   Farahvash, Mohammad J ^c  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DRUG EFFICACY; ERADICATION THERAPY; GENE MUTATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRAN; LETTER; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IRAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRANIA;

EID: 0344643017     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5378.2003.00137_3.x     Document Type: Letter

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4. Alarcon T, Domingo D, et al. PCR using 3 mismatched primers to detect A2142C mutation in 23S rRNA conferring resistance to clarithromycin in Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates. J Clin Microbiol 2000;38:923-5.