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Clinical relevance of the babA2 genotype of Helicobacter pylori in Japanese clinical isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2001
Mizushima T, Sugiyama T, Komatsu Y, Ishizuka J, Kato M, Asaka M
Abstract excerpt
Genotypic variation of Helicobacter pylori is speculated to associate with different clinical outcomes. In Western countries, the gene encoding blood group antigen-binding adhesin (BabA), babA2, is of high clinical relevance and is a useful marker to identify patients who are at higher risk for peptic ulceration and gastric adenocarcinoma, as are vacA and cagA. We investigated the presence of babA2 and cagA in...
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