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Table 2 Antimicrobial resistance according to gender and age distributions

From: High primary resistance to metronidazole and levofloxacin, and a moderate resistance to clarithromycin in Helicobacter pylori isolated from Karnataka patients

Antibiotic resistance

Gender

P

Age group

P

Female

(n = 33)

Male

(n = 80)

20–39

(n = 41)

40–59

(n = 48)

60 and above

(n = 24)

MET

23 (69.7)

69 (86.3)

0.06

32 (78)

42 (87.5)

18 (75)

0.32

CLA

8 (24.2)

15 (18.8)

0.61

5 (12.2)

12 (25)

6 (25)

0.29

LEV

18 (54.5)

44 (55)

1

24 (58.5)

21 (43.8)

17 (70.8)

0.08

AMO

1 (3)

7 (8.8)

0.43

1 (2.4)

5 (10.4)

2 (8.3)

0.33

TET

1 (3)

5 (6.3)

0.67

1 (2.4)

2 (4.2)

3 (12.5)

0.21

  1. MET: Metronidazole; CLA: clarithromycin; LEV: levofloxacin; TET: tetracycline; AMO: amoxicillin