Frameshift mutations in frxA occur frequently and do not provide a reliable marker for metronidazole resistance in UK isolates of Helicobacter pylori

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-140

  Chisholm, Stephanie A ^a   Owen, Robert J ^a  

^a Lab of Enteric Pathogens Ctrl P   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLAVIN NITROREDUCTASE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; FRXA GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 1242329131     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05342-0     Document Type: Article

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