Pyrosequencing Assay to Rapidly Detect Clarithromycin Resistance Mutations in Canadian Helicobacter pylori Isolates

BACKGROUND: Mutations at positions 2142 or 2143 in the two-copy 23S ribosomal RNA gene of Helicobacter pylori are highly predictive of in vitro clarithromycin resistance and failure of clarithromycin-containing treatment regimens.

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Main Authors: R Slinger, L Yan, F Chan, K Forward, G Cooper-Lesins, L Best, D Haldane, S Veldhuyzen van Zanten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/695349
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spelling doaj-art-70bb8993cb504eecabda088fa33344212025-02-03T05:49:57ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002009-01-0123960961210.1155/2009/695349Pyrosequencing Assay to Rapidly Detect Clarithromycin Resistance Mutations in Canadian Helicobacter pylori IsolatesR Slinger0L Yan1F Chan2K Forward3G Cooper-Lesins4L Best5D Haldane6S Veldhuyzen van Zanten7Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaEpigenDx Inc, Worcester, Massachusetts, USAChildren’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaQueen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaQueen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaQueen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaBACKGROUND: Mutations at positions 2142 or 2143 in the two-copy 23S ribosomal RNA gene of Helicobacter pylori are highly predictive of in vitro clarithromycin resistance and failure of clarithromycin-containing treatment regimens.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/695349
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Pyrosequencing Assay to Rapidly Detect Clarithromycin Resistance Mutations in Canadian Helicobacter pylori Isolates
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
title Pyrosequencing Assay to Rapidly Detect Clarithromycin Resistance Mutations in Canadian Helicobacter pylori Isolates
title_full Pyrosequencing Assay to Rapidly Detect Clarithromycin Resistance Mutations in Canadian Helicobacter pylori Isolates
title_fullStr Pyrosequencing Assay to Rapidly Detect Clarithromycin Resistance Mutations in Canadian Helicobacter pylori Isolates
title_full_unstemmed Pyrosequencing Assay to Rapidly Detect Clarithromycin Resistance Mutations in Canadian Helicobacter pylori Isolates
title_short Pyrosequencing Assay to Rapidly Detect Clarithromycin Resistance Mutations in Canadian Helicobacter pylori Isolates
title_sort pyrosequencing assay to rapidly detect clarithromycin resistance mutations in canadian helicobacter pylori isolates
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/695349
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