Article
Reciprocal impact of host factors and Helicobacter pylori genotypes on gastric diseases.
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Aug 2015
Honarmand-Jahromy Sahar, Siavoshi Farideh, Malekzadeh Reza, Nejad Sattari Taher, Latifi-Navid Saeid
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To assess the impact of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) genotypes and patient age and sex on the development of gastric diseases. METHODS: H. pylori-infected patients (n = 233) referred to the endoscopy unit at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Tehran, Iran) were diagnosed with chronic gastritis (CG), gastric ulcer (GU), or duodenal ulcer (DU). Brucella blood agar was used for biopsy cultures and H....
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- Biopsy
- Chronic Disease
- DNA, Bacterial
- Duodenal Ulcer
- Female
- Gastritis
- Genotype
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Host-Pathogen Interactions