Article
DNA-level characterization of Helicobacter pylori strains from patients with overt disease and with benign infections in Bangladesh.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2003
Rahman Motiur, Mukhopadhyay Asish K, Nahar Shamsun, Datta Simanti, Ahmad Milan Mashhud, Sarker Safique, Masud Ibna M, Engstrand Lars, Albert M John, Nair G Balakrish, Berg Douglas E
Abstract excerpt
The complex relation between the genotype of Helicobacter pylori and its association with clinical outcome is not well understood. Studies in the West have showed that strains expressing certain virulence factors (vacAs1, vacAm1, and cagA) are associated with duodenal ulcer disease. However, the H. pylori genotype is known to vary with geographic region. In the present study, we compared several virulence markers...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bangladesh
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Bacterial
- Dyspepsia
- Female
