Abstract

HERNANDEZ POWER, Mayrín; REYES ZAMORA, Orlando  and  RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, Boris L.. The resistance to antibiotics in Helicobacter pylori. Rev cubana med [online]. 2008, vol.47, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-302X.

A review on the topic of resistance to antibiotics in Helicobacter pylori directed to health specialists and, particularly, to gastroenterologists was made. It is known that the constant updating is an important tool to fight H. pylori infection and to prevent the increase of the resistance of the microorganism to election antibiotics in our country. The mollecular mechanisms of action of the antibiotics most commonly used in erradication therapies (metronidazole, amoxicillin, tetracycline and claritromicine), as well as the genes of the microorganism involved in the resistance to every antibiotic, were approached. Data on other less used antibiotics, such as levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin were given. The most used methods to detect the resistance of the bacterium to each antibiotic were also included.

Keywords : Helicobacter pylori; resistance; antibiotics; detection methods.

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