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Genotypic, phenotypic, and clinical characteristics of isolates of Helicobacter pylori from San Luis, Argentina.
Folia microbiologica - 1 Jan 2007
Mattana C M, Vega A E, Escobar F, Sabini L, Zanón S, Puig de Centorbia O N
Abstract excerpt
The vacA and cagA genotypes of Helicobacter pylori exhibited distinct geographic distribution and correlation with severity of disease. In the above genotypes (obtained from 150 H. pylori-positive patients--139 with gastritis, 10 with ulcer and 1 patient with gastric cancer) combinations vacA s1/m1 and s2/m2 were detected using PCR in 75 and 25% of isolates, respectively, in patients with chronic gastritis. The...
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