Giuseppe Losurdo, Martino Mezzapesa, Ilaria Ditonno, Mariapaola Piazzolla, Maria Pricci, Bruna Girardi, Francesca Celiberto, Grazia Galeano, Giuseppe Riezzo, Francesco Russo, Andrea Iannone, Enzo Ierardi, Alfredo Di Leo
Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) antibiotic resistance is the leading cause for unsuccessful eradication therapy. After one or more failures, the chance of encountering secondary antibiotic resistance increases. The aim of this study was to characterize genotypic secondary resistance in a cohort of southern Italian H. pylori patients with at least one previous failure. Such patients collected stool samples using a dedicated kit (THD fecal testTM ), and bacterial DNA was extracted and amplified using RT-PCR...
April 7, 2024: Antibiotics