High prevalence of clarithromycin resistance and cagA, vacA, iceA2, and babA2 genotypes of Helicobacter pylori in Brazilian children

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4266-4268

  Garcia, Gabriella T ^a   Aranda, Katia R S ^a   Gonçalves, Manoel E P ^b   Cardoso, Silvia R ^b   Iriya, Kiyoshi ^b   Silva, Neusa P ^a   Scaletsky, Isabel C A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTEIN BABA2; PROTEIN ICEA2; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 78049522563     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01034-10     Document Type: Article

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