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Prevalence of cagA, vacA, babA2 and iceA genes in H. pylori strains isolated from Colombian patients with functional dyspepsia.
Polish journal of microbiology - 1 Jan 2012
Arévalo-Galvis Azucena, Trespalacios-Rangell Alba A, Otero William, Mercado-Reyes Marcela M, Poutou-Piñales Raúl A
Abstract excerpt
The clinical outcome of Helicobacter pylori infection has been particularly associated with virulence genotypes. These genotypes are useful as molecular markers in the identification of patients that are infected and at high risk for developing more severe gastric pathologies. Our main objective was to determine the prevalence of virulence genotypes cagA, vacA, iceA and babA2 of H. pylori, in patients with...
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