Susceptibility testing of Helicobacter pylori: Comparison of E-test and Disk Diffusion for Metronidazole and Mutations in rdxA gene sequences of Helicobacter pylori strains

<p>Metronidazole is a main stay of modern multidrug therapies for <em>Helicobacter pylori</em> <em>(H. pylori)</em> infection. Metronidazole resistance reduces the effectiveness of these combinations. Various methods have been used for the determination of the sensitivi...

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Main Authors: laleh mahmoudi, Forough sharifzadeh, Sarah Mousavi, Bahman Pourabbas, Ramin Niknam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2015-12-01
Series:Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Online Access:http://tips.sums.ac.ir/index.php/TiPS/article/view/49