Distribution of gyrA mutations in fluoroquinolone-resistant Helicobacter pylori strains.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate the resistance of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) to ciprofloxacin (CIP), levofloxacin (LVX) and moxifloxacin (MOX) in the Beijing area and to elucidate the resistance mechanisms.

Methods

Seventy-nine H. pylori clinical strains, isolated from patients who had undergone upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in Peking University First Hospital from 2007 to 2009, were tested for their susceptibility to CIP, LVX and MOX using the E-test method. H. pylori strain 26695 was included in the susceptibility testing as a control strain. According to the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values, a strain was classified as resistant to CIP, LVX or MOX when the MIC was > 1 microg/mL. We amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequenced the quinolone resistance-

SUBMITTER: Wang LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2868221 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature