Could frameshift mutations in the frxA and rdxA genes of Helicobacter pyloribe a marker for metronidazole resistance?

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics Symposium Series

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-87

  Masaoka, T ^a   Suzuki, H ^a,b   Kurabayashi, K ^a   Nomoto, Y ^a   Nishizawa, T ^a   Mori, M ^a   Hibi, T ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; LANSOPRAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DILUTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENE SEQUENCE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34247866383     PISSN: 17466334     EISSN: 17466342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-6342.2006.00029.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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