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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-26
pubmed:abstractText
Low-cost and rescue treatments for Helicobacter pylori infections involve combinations of several drugs including tetracycline. Resistance to tetracycline has recently emerged in H. pylori. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of two tetracycline-resistant clinical isolates (MIC = 64 microg/ml) were determined and compared to the consensus H. pylori 16S rRNA sequence. One isolate had four nucleotide substitutions, and the other had four substitutions and two deletions. Natural transformation with the 16S rRNA genes from the resistant organisms conferred tetracycline resistance on susceptible strains. 16S rRNA genes containing the individual mutations were constructed and tested for the ability to confer resistance. Only the 16S rRNA gene containing the triple mutation, AGA965-967TTC, was able to confer tetracycline resistance on H. pylori 26695. The MICs of tetracycline for the transformed strains were equivalent to those for the original clinical isolates. The two original isolates were also metronidazole resistant, but this trait was not linked to the tetracycline resistance phenotype. Serial passage of several H. pylori strains on increasing concentrations of tetracycline yielded mutants with only a very modest increase in tetracycline resistance to a MIC of 4 to 8 microg/ml. These mutants all had a deletion of G942 in the 16S rRNA genes. The mutations in the 16S rRNA are clearly responsible for tetracycline resistance in H. pylori.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-9193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
184
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2131-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Mutations in the 16S rRNA genes of Helicobacter pylori mediate resistance to tetracycline.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't