Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3348624 | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease | 2008 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The benefits of using a multiplex detection polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for Helicobacter pylori speciation and 2 real-time probe hybridization assays determining clarithromycin and tetracycline susceptibilities in gastric biopsies from 171 dyspeptic patients were investigated. Overall, 70 of 71 H. pylori culture-positive biopsies were PCR positive. For the 100 culture-negative biopsies, PCR identified a further 29 H. pylori positives (17% overall) and presence of resistance markers for clarithromycin (20/28) and tetracycline (2/28). The results demonstrated that PCR testing was valuable in providing improved detection rates and antibiotic susceptibility information when H. pylori culture was unsuccessful.
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Authors
Stephanie A. Chisholm, Robert J. Owen,