Article
Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori vacA and cagA genotypes in Ethiopian dyspeptic patients.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2004
Asrat Daniel, Nilsson Ingrid, Mengistu Yohannes, Kassa Endale, Ashenafi Senait, Ayenew Kiros, Wadström Torkel, Abu-Al-Soud Waleed
Abstract excerpt
A total of 300 gastric biopsy samples and 50 Helicobacter pylori isolates were collected from Ethiopian adult dyspeptic patients. The vacA and cagA genes were detected in 90 and 79% of biopsy specimens, respectively, and in 100 and 87% of clinical isolates, respectively. Both genes were detected in 84% of the gastric biopsy samples and in 87% of the clinical isolates. Among vacA genotypes, the s1/m1 genotype was...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- Dyspepsia
- Female
- Genotype
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
