Analysis of the Antibiotic Resistance Rate of Helicobacter Pylori / 医学研究杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the antibiotic resistance rate of Helicobacter pylori,and to provide reliable evidence of choosing optimal drugs for clinical therapy.Methods Overall 3304 patients were enrolled from February 2006 to March 2007 who accepted gastroscopy followed by Helicobacter pylori culture of the gastric mucosa from biopsy.The antimicrobial susceptibilities of Helicobacter pylori strains for six antibiotics including metronidazole,amoxicilin,gentamycin,levofloxacin,furazolidone,clarithromycin were observed by Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion test.Results 1171(35.4%)biopsy clinical specimens were proved to be Helicobacter pylori positive when cultured in vitro and identified by conventional assays.The metronidazole resistance rate(99.32%)of Helicobacter pylori was significantly higher than that of any of the other 5 antibiotics,and the levofloxacin resistance rate(0.51%)was the lowest.Furthermore there were no significantly change in the tendency of resistance rate for the two above antibiotics from February 2006 to March 2007.However,Helicobacter pylori was resistant to amoxicilin,gentamycin,furazolidone,clarithromycin,and the resistance rate was 61.06%、4.78%、21.35% and 39.45% respectively.Meanwhile,the resistance rates corresponding to four antibiotics were different obviously.Conclusions With the application of antibiotics for Helicobacter pylori eradication,the antibiotic resistance rate increased perceptibly.The rate of resistance to metronidazole appeared to be the highest among six antibiotics applied to clinical treatment.Drug susceptibility testing was valuable to eradicate Helicobacter pylori in clinical therapy.