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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2005, p. 1600-1603, Vol. 49, No. 4
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.4.1600-1603.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Impact of Clarithromycin Resistance on Eradication of Helicobacter pylori in Infected Adults

Jong Hwa Lee,1,2 Ji-Hyun Shin,1 Im Hwan Roe,3 Seung Ghyu Sohn,2 Jung Hun Lee,2 Geun Ho Kang,2 Han-Ki Lee,2 Byeong Chul Jeong,2 and Sang Hee Lee2*

Research Center of Gastroenterology,1 Department of Gastroenterology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Choongnamdo,3 Department of Biological Sciences, Myongji University, Yongin, Kyunggido, Republic of Korea2

Received 22 October 2004/ Returned for modification 23 November 2004/ Accepted 8 December 2004

The outcome of Helicobacter pylori infection was analyzed in 114 dyspeptic patients treated with triple-drug therapy including clarithromycin. Clarithromycin resistance (in 20.2% of our isolates) was mainly caused by an A2142G mutation in the 23S rRNA gene of H. pylori. H. pylori eradication was obtained in all patients with clarithromycin-susceptible isolates but not in any patients with clarithromycin-resistant isolates (P = 0.0001). Therefore, it would be useful to conduct H. pylori antimicrobial susceptibility testing of the first gastric biopsy culture before choosing the first three drugs for therapy of infected patients.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biological Sciences, Myongji University, San 38-2 Namdong, Yongin, Kyunggido 449-728, Republic of Korea. Phone: 82-31-330-6195. Fax: 82-31-335-8249. E-mail: sangheelee{at}mju.ac.kr.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2005, p. 1600-1603, Vol. 49, No. 4
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.4.1600-1603.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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