Helicobacter pylori Antimicrobial Resistance and Gene Variants in High- and Low-Gastric-Cancer-Risk Populations
Anthony Mannion, JoAnn Dzink-Fox, Zeli Shen, M. Blanca Piazuelo, Keith T. Wilson, Pelayo Correa, Richard M. Peek, M. Constanza Camargo, James G. Fox
Abstract
Colombia, South America has one of the world’s highest burdens of Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer. While multidrug antibiotic regimens can effectively eradicate H. pylori , treatment efficacy is being jeopardized by the emergence of antibiotic-resistant H. pylori strains.
Topics & Concepts
Helicobacter pyloriAntibiotic resistanceAntibioticsCancerAntimicrobialBiologyMultiple drug resistanceMicrobiologySpirillaceaeHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacterGastritisGeneticsHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studiesVeterinary medicine and infectious diseasesGalectins and Cancer Biology