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Comparison of the MIC results for clarithromycin and metronidazole against H. pylori by agar dilution and Etest
| Drug and Etest result | No. of strains with indicated agar dilution result
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Susceptible | Resistant | Total | |
| Clarithromycin | |||
| Susceptible | 460 | 0 | 460 |
| Resistant | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Total | 460 | 14 | 474 |
| Metronidazole | |||
| Susceptible | 261 | 37 | 298 |
| Resistant | 72 | 99 | 171 |
| Total | 333 | 136 | 469 |
