TABLE 1.
Antibiotic susceptibility of 120 H. pylori strains isolated during 1999 to 2001 from Dhaka, Bangladesh
Antimicrobial agent | No. (%) of resistant isolates in patients:
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All patients (n = 120) | PU (n = 88) | NUD (n = 32) | Male (n = 88) | Female (n = 32) | |
Amoxicillin | 8 (6.6) | 7 (8.0) | 1 (3.1) | 4 (4.5) | 4 (12.5) |
Clarithromycin | 12 (10) | 8 (9.1) | 4 (12.5) | 7 (8.0) | 5 (15.6) |
Metronidazole | 93 (77.5) | 67 (76.1) | 26 (81.2) | 68 (77.3) | 25 (78.1) |
Tetracycline | 18 (15) | 12 (13.6) | 6 (18.7) | 14 (16.0) | 4 (12.5) |