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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2002, p. 2021-2023, Vol. 46, No. 6
0066-4804/02/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.6.2021-2023.2002
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Laboratory of Research in Bacteriology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte,1 Faculdade de Fisioterapia, Universidade de Itaúna, Itaúna, Minas Gerais,3 Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2
Received 12 September 2001/ Returned for modification 8 January 2002/ Accepted 19 February 2002
Helicobacter pylori resistance to metronidazole was detected in 107 (52.97%) of 202 strains. Twenty (9.85%) strains, 18 of them harboring 23S ribosomal DNA mutations, were resistant to clarithromycin. Metronidazole resistance was associated with female gender. Resistance to metronidazole and resistance to clarithromycin were associated. Increasing clarithromycin resistance rates were observed over time.
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