Article
Prevalence, diversity and disease association of Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients from Pakistan.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 14 Mar 2013
Khan Adnan, Farooqui Amber, Raza Yasir, Rasheed Faisal, Manzoor Hamid, Akhtar Syed Shakeel, Quraishy Muhammad Saeed, Rubino Salvatore, Kazmi Shahana U, Paglietti Bianca
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: The etiological association of Helicobacter pylori with gastric ulcer (GU), gastric cancer (GC), and duodenal ulcer (DU) is well-known. Understanding the epidemiology of H. pylori facilitates the estimation of disease burden in a certain population. This study presents the diversity of H. pylori genotypes and their association with different clinical outcomes among dyspeptic patients in Pakistan...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Biopsy
- Child
- Female
- Gastric Mucosa
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Histocytochemistry