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Divergence of virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori among clinical isolates does not correlate with disease specificity.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jan 1999
Kodama K, Ito A, Nishizono A, Fujioka T, Nasu M, Yahiro K, Hirayama T, Uemura N
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to examine the relation between disease specificity and the virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori isolated from patients with gastric cancer (GC), duodenal ulcer (DU), and gastritis (GS). Altogether 18 isolates obtained from patients with GC, 28 isolates from DU patients, and 13 isolates from GS patients were analyzed. All isolates were tested for the presence of the cagA gene, and...
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