Susceptibilities to different antibiotics of Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from patients at the pediatric medical center of Tehran, Iran.
Antibiotic susceptibility testing of 70 pediatric Helicobacter pylori isolates was performed by using screening agar and disk diffusion methods. Resistance to metronidazole and tinidazole was 72 to 79% and 71 to 81% by modified disk diffusion and 77% and 78% by screening agar, respectively. Susceptibilities to amoxicillin, ampicillin, clarithromycin, tetracycline, erythromycin, and ciprofloxacin were 58, 69, 75, 68, 68, and 65%, respectively.
Falsafi
Tahereh
T
Department of Biology, Az-zahra University, Children Medical Center of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. tfalsafi@yahoo.com
Mobasheri
Fatemeh
F
Nariman
Farahnaz
F
Najafi
Mehri
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents