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vacA genotypes in Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from patients with and without duodenal ulcer in Bahrain.
Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2000
Bindayna Khalid Mubarak, Al Mahmeed Ali
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The vacuolating cytotoxin and the cytotoxinassociated protein, encoded by vacA and cagA, respectively, are important virulence determinants of Helicobacter pylori. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to perform vacA genotyping and evaluate its association with cagA genotype and clinical outcome. METHODS: One hundred and twenty H. pylori strains were isolated from dyspeptic patients (29 with peptic...
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