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Advances in Microbiology, 2012, 2, 263-267 /10.4236/aim.2012.23031 Published Online September 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/aim) Determination of Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern of Helicobacter pylori Isolates from South India Population by Epsilometer Test (E-Test) 1* 1 2 Khawaja Shakeel Ahmed , Anghesom Ambesajir Ghebremedhin , Aleem Ahmed Khan , Santosh K. Tiwari2 3 2 , J. D. Ahi , Irshad Ahmed 1Microbiology Unit, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Asmara College of Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea 2Centre for Liver Research and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India 3Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar, India * Email: khajashakeel@ Received March 15, 2012; revised April 5, 2012; accepted April 24, 2012 ABSTRACT Introduction: The importance of H. pylori as an etiological agent in gastroduodenal disease had suggested antibiotic treatment as a main target for the elimination of infection. The successful eradication of H. pylori infection was shown to resolve the gastritis, dramatically accelerate ulcer healing, reduce ulcer recurrence and the prophylactic effect on the recurrence of ulcer bleeding. Materials and Methods: In the present study a total six antimicrobial agents such as Ciprofloxacin, Metronidazole, Norfloxacin, Tetracyclin, Amoxycillin and Clarithromycin were used against 100 clinical isolates from