TY - JOUR AU - Rosário, M AU - Caetano, J M AU - Pessanha, M A AU - Marote, G AU - da Silva, J A AU - Caetano, J A PY - 1998/12/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Profile of the resistance to macrolides and imidazoles of Helicobacter pylori in a sample of the Portuguese population. JF - Acta Médica Portuguesa JA - Acta Med Port VL - 11 IS - 12 SE - DO - 10.20344/amp.2365 UR - https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/2365 SP - 1069-72 AB - We studied the sensitivity of H. pylori to clarithromycin and metronidazole, as well as the sensitivity and specificity of H. pylori culture, urease test and histology on a sample of 166 Portuguese patients. We observed a prevalence of 5.8% resistance to clarithromycin and 60% resistance to metronidazole. The sensitivity and specificity for the diagnostic tests were: culture 98% and 100%, urease test 98% and 91%, histology 50% and 95%, respectively. ER -