Article
High prevalence of virulent Helicobacter pylori strains in symptomatic Bulgarian patients.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Aug 2009
Boyanova Lyudmila, Markovska Rumiana, Yordanov Daniel, Marina Maya, Ivanova Katusha, Panayotov Stephan, Gergova Galina, Mitov Ivan
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of main virulence genes in Helicobacter pylori strains from 116 patients with peptic ulcers (41 cases) and nonulcer diseases (75) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with pure cultures and to compare the results with those by multiplex PCR in 39...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bulgaria
- Genotype
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Prevalence
- Virulence Factors
