A Helicobacter pylori TolC efflux pump confers resistance to metronidazole

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1477-1482

  Van Amsterdam, Karin ^a   Bart, Aldert ^a   Van Der Ende, Arie ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEOXYCHOLATE SODIUM; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NICKEL CHLORIDE; NORFLOXACIN; NOVOBIOCIN; PLASMID DNA; POLYMYXIN B; TOLC PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; GASTRITIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION;

EID: 16244385589     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1477-1482.2005     Document Type: Article

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