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Frequency of virulence genes in mixed infections with Helicobacter pylori strains from a Mexican population.
Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico - 1 Jan 2000
González-Vázquez R, Córdova-Espinoza M G, Escamilla-Gutiérrez A, Morales-Méndez I, Ochoa-Pérez S A, Armendáriz-Toledano F, Fonseca-Nájera J, Giono-Cerezo S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is associated with gastroduodenal diseases. Virulence of clinical isolates is related to clinical outcome. Moreover, with microdiversity studies in clinical isolates from a single patient, but from a different origin (antrum or corpus), it is possible to demonstrate that there are simultaneous mixed infections. AIMS: To genotype H. pylori strains with multiplex PCR,...
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