Article
[Molecular detection and genotypification of Helicobacter pylori in gastric biopsies from symptomatic adult patients in Santa Fe, Argentina].
Revista Argentina de microbiologia - 1 Jan 2000
Jiménez Félix, Barbaglia Yanina, Bucci Pamela, Tedeschi Fabián A, Zalazar Fabián E
Abstract excerpt
Our goals were: a) to detect Helicobacter pylori in gastric biopsies of symptomatic adults by PCR, b) to detect the presence of the cagA gene as well as of the allelic variants of the vacA gene, and c) to correlate genotypes with the endoscopic diagnoses. H. pylori was detected in 81 % (39/48) of patients by nested PCR for hsp60. The presence of cagA was detected in 15/22 of samples and vacA s1 - m1 was the most...
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