Helicobacter pylori clarithromycin resistance assessment: are gastric antral biopsies sufficient?

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  • who: Vincenzo De Francesco et al. from the Department of Medical Sciences, University of Foggia, FoggiaHospital, Rome, Italy have published the article: Helicobacter pylori clarithromycin resistance assessment: are gastric antral biopsies sufficient?, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
  • what: Based on the latter possibility antibiotic assessment by using in only antral biopsies - as usually performed for bacterial culture - may underestimate the actual H. pylori resistance status.6 7 This study aimed to assess primary clarithromycin resistance in H. pylori strains separately in antral and gastric body mucosa biopsies.

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