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Increasing antimicrobial resistance to clarithromycin and metronidazole in pediatric Helicobacter pylori infection in southern Taiwan: A comparison between two decades
Author(s) -
Lu HsiaoHan,
Lai FuPing,
Lo HsiaoYu,
Sheu BorShyang,
Yang YaoJong
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
helicobacter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.206
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1523-5378
pISSN - 1083-4389
DOI - 10.1111/hel.12633
Subject(s) - clarithromycin , metronidazole , amoxicillin , levofloxacin , helicobacter pylori , medicine , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , antimicrobial , antibiotics , gastroenterology , biology
Background Antimicrobial resistance of Helicobacter pylori reduces the eradication rate. This study aimed to investigate changes in antimicrobial susceptibility of H pylori isolated from children in Taiwan in the past two decades. Methods This study enrolled children receiving esophagogastroduodenoscopy for upper gastrointestinal diseases in a national tertiary referring hospital from 1998 to 2018. H pylori infection was diagnosed by culture. The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of antibiotics were tested using the E test. The antibiotic resistance rates and MICs of amoxicillin, clarithromycin, metronidazole, levofloxacin, and tetracycline were compared between 1998‐2008 and 2009‐2018. Results A total of 70 Helicobacter pylori isolates (29 from 1998 to 2008 and 41 from 2009 to 2018) were identified. The esophagogastroduodenoscopy findings included duodenal ulcers (n = 31), gastric ulcers (n = 9), and gastritis (n = 30). The overall antimicrobial resistance rates of clarithromycin and metronidazole were 22.9% and 21.4%, respectively. The dual resistance rate of clarithromycin and metronidazole was 10%. Resistance rates of levofloxacin and amoxicillin were 8.3% and 2.9%, respectively. None of the isolates were resistant to tetracycline. Compared with the isolates from 1998 to 2008, those from 2009 to 2018 had higher MICs and resistance rates of clarithromycin (26.8% vs 17.2%, P = 0.35) and metronidazole (26.8% vs 13.8%, P = 0.19), but not levofloxacin (9.8% vs 5.3%, P = 1.0) or coresistance to clarithromycin and metronidazole (12.2% vs 6.9%, P = 0.69). Conclusions The antimicrobial resistance rates of pediatric H pylor i isolates to clarithromycin and metronidazole increased during the past decade. The selection of antimicrobial agents other than clarithromycin and metronidazole is crucial to increase pediatric H pylori eradication rates.