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Helicobacter pylori detection and genotyping in gastric biopsy specimens from Chennai patients (India).
Canadian journal of microbiology - 1 Feb 2009
Udhayakumar Gopal, Senthilkumar Cinghu, Jayanthi Venkatraman, Devaraj Niranjali, Devaraj Halagowder
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and the correlation between cagA and vacA (mid-region) genotypes with different clinical outcomes from Chennai, India, patients. Biopsies from the antrum were taken to assess the current H. pylori status by histology, rapid urease test (RUT), and PCR. The RUT and PCR analyses were carried out on a single biopsy...
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