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Genetic and phenotype changes following in vitro interactions between Helicobacter pylori strains.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Jun 2004
Yakoob Javed, Fan Xuegong, Hu Guoling, Zhang Zheng
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BACKGROUND: The purpose of the present paper was to determine whether in vitro interaction between different Helicobacter pylori strains leads to changes in antibiotic susceptibility, cagA, vacAM2 and DNA fingerprint patterns. METHODS: Three H. pylori strains with known antibiotic susceptibility, cagA, vacAM2 status and polymerase chain reaction-random amplified polymorphic DNA (PCR-RAPD) fingerprint analysis...
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