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Detection of Helicobacter pylori in stool samples of young children using real‐time polymerase chain reaction
27 Nov 2017
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BACKGROUND: The aims of this study were to develop and validate a multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (q-PCR) assay of Helicobacter pylori in stool samples of healthy children. Additionally, we determined the prevalence of clarithromycin resistance and cagA gene in H. pylori-positive samples. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Archived stool samples from 188 children aged 6-9 years and 272 samples of 92 infants...
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