Isolation and eradication of a clinical isolate of Helicobacter pylori resistant to five antimicrobials in Germany

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 222-223

  Wüppenhorst, Nicole ^a   Lenze, Frank ^b   Ross, Matthias ^b   Kist, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

H. pylori; Multidrug resistance; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ERADICATION THERAPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650342614     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq405     Document Type: Letter

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