Prevalence of Clarithromycin-Resistant Helicobacter pylori Strains in Gastric Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Patients
C Bilgilier, I Simonitsch-Klupp, B Kiesewetter, M Raderer, W Dolak, A Makristathis, C Steininger · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2016 · Heft 05
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Zusammenfassung
Gastric MALT lymphoma is closely associated with Helicobacter pylori infection. Bacterial eradication therapy comprising clarithromycin is the first-line treatment in gastric MALT lymphoma patients. However antimicrobial resistance to clarithromycin has been increasing in Europe and thus far it has not been examined in gastric MALT lymphoma patients. Based upon histopathological investigation, 17 adult gastric MALT lymphoma patients were identified to be related with H. pylori infection between 1997 and 2014. Detection of H. pylori infection in these patients and clarithromycin susceptibility testing were perfor…