title: Monitoring of antibiotic resistance rates of Helicobacter pylori in Austrian children, 2002-2009.
abstract: We retrospectively studied antibiotic resistance rates of H. pylori and their temporal changes in children. Resistance rates were 21.6% for both clarithromycin and metronidazole. There was no overall difference between children with or without migrational background. Resistance rates increased over time, and patients without migrational background showed a significant increase in metronidazole resistance. Our study emphasizes antibiotic resistance monitoring of H. pylori in children.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prechtl
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deutschmann
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Savic
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jahnel
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bogiatzis
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Muntean
authors.forename: Almuthe C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Hauer
authors.forename: Karl Martin
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D008795:Metronidazole; D017291:Clarithromycin