Characterisation of the genes encoding resistance to metronidazole (rdxA and frxA) and clarithromycin (the 23S-rRNA genes) in South African isolates of Helicobacter pylori

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-259

  Tanih, N F ^a   Ndip, L M ^b   Ndip, R N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN FRXA; PROTEIN RDXA; RNA 23S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FMN REDUCTASE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; YOUNG ADULT;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 79955968392     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485911X12899838683485     Document Type: Article

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