Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2015)

Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Canadian Isolates of Helicobacter pylori in Northeastern Ontario

  • Nelson F Eng,
  • Gustavo Ybazeta,
  • Katrina Chapman,
  • Nya L Fraleigh,
  • Rebecca Letto,
  • Eleonora Altman,
  • Francisco Diaz-Mitoma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/853287
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 3
pp. 137 – 144

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori plays a significant role in gastritis and ulcers. It is a carcinogen as defined by the WHO, and infection can result in adenocarcinomas and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas. In Canada, rates of antimicrobial resistance are relatively unknown, with very few studies conducted in the past 15 years.