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Ethnicity association of Helicobacter pylori virulence genotype and metronidazole susceptibility.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Feb 2013
Alfizah Hanafiah, Rukman Awang Hamat, Norazah Ahmad, Hamizah Razlan, Ramelah Mohamed
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To characterise the cag pathogenicity island in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) isolates by analysing the strains' vacA alleles and metronidazole susceptibilities in light of patient ethnicity and clinical outcome. METHODS: Ninety-five H. pylori clinical isolates obtained from patients with dyspepsia living in Malaysia were analysed in this study. Six genes in the cagPAI region (cagE, cagM, cagT, cag13,...
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