Growth competition of macrolide-resistant and -susceptible Helicobacter pylori strains

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 977-980

  Kanai, Kyoto ^a   Shibayama, Keigo ^a   Suzuki, Satowa ^a   Wachino, Jun Ichi ^a   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competitive growth; Macrolide resistance; Mixed infection; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; DYNAMICS; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RATE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 11144271957     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03628.x     Document Type: Article

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