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KMID : 0880220130510040448
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Journal of Microbiology
2013 Volume.51 No. 4 p.448 ~ p.452
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Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of clarithromycin-resistant Helicobacter pylori from Bogota D.C., Colombia
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Alba A. Trespalacios
Marcela M. Mercado
Jenny Avila
Liliana E. Rosero
Azucena Arevalo
William Otero
Jorge E. Caminos
Raul A. Poutou-Pinales
David Y. Graham
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Abstract
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Resistance of Helicobacter pylori to clarithromycin is the most common cause of treatment failure in patients with H. pylori infections. This study describes the MICs and the presence of 23S rRNA mutations of H. pylori isolates from Bogota, D.C., Colombia. H. pylori were isolated from gastric biopsies from patients with functional dyspepsia. Clarithromycin susceptibility was investigated by agar dilution and strains were considered resistant if the MIC was ≥1 μg/ml. DNA sequences of the 23S rRNA gene of strains resistant and sensitive to clarithromycin were determined to identify specific point mutations. Clarithromycin resistance was present in 13.6% of patients by agar dilution. The A2143G, A2142G and A2142C mutations were found in 90.5, 7.1, and 2.4% of H. pylori strains with resistance genotype.The resistant phenotype was associated with 23S rRNA resistance genotype in 85.7% of isolates. The point mutations in 23S rRNA were well correlated with MICs values for clarithromycin.
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KEYWORD
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Helicobacter pyloriclari, thromycin resistance, 23S rRNA mutations
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