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Table 1 H. pylori antibiotics resistance rates in South Asia

From: Emerging Helicobacter pylori levofloxacin resistance and novel genetic mutation in Nepal

Ref

Country

City

Year

Patients

Methods

CAM

MNZ

LVX

TCN

AMX

Others

[22]

India

Gujarat

2008–2011

80

DDM

58.8 %

83.8 %

72.5 %

53.8 %

72.5 %

Ciprofloxacin (50 %)

[33]

India

Multicentre

–

259

E-test

44.7 %

77.9 %

–

–

32.8 %

–

[53]

India

Kolkata

2000–2001

67

ADM

0.0 %

85.1 %

–

7.5 %

0.0 %

Furazolidone (0.0 %)

[37]

India

North India

–

68

ADM

11.8 %

48.5 %

–

16.2 %

17.6 %

Furazolidone (22.1 %)

[34]

India

Varanasi

2005–2006

63

ADM

4.7 %

100.0

 

0.0 %

65.1 %

–

[32]

Pakistan

Karachi

2005–2008

178

NM

36.0 %

89.0 %

–

12.0 %

37.0 %

Ofloxacin (18.5 %)

[54]

Pakistan

Karachi

2008–2013

92

E-test

5.4 %

97.8 %

16.2 %

4.3 %

2.2 %

Ofloxacin (30.1 %), Furazolidone (15.2 %)

[55]

Pakistan

Karachi

2007–2009

92

E-test

32.6 %

47.8 %

–

–

2.2 %

–

[56]

Pakistan

Karachi

2009–2010

162

E-test

37.0 %

–

–

–

–

Fluoroquinolone 62.3 %

[35]

Pakistan

Rawalpindi

2011–2012

46

E-test

47.8 %

73.9 %

–

4.4 %

54.3 %

Ciprofloxacin (13.0 %)

[57]

Bangladesh

Dhaka

1999–2001

174

ADM

10.0 %

77.5 %

–

15.0 %

6.6 %

–

[23]

Bangladesh

Dhaka

2014

56

ADM

39.3 %

94.6 %

66.1 %

0.0 %

3.6 %

–

  1. Abbreviations: ADM Agar Dilution Method, DDM Disk diffusion method, E-test Epsilometer test, CAM clarithromycin, MNZ metronidazole, LVX levofloxacin, AMX amoxicillin, TCN tetracycline