Article
High prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in saliva demonstrated by a novel PCR assay.
1 Jul 1995
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To investigate the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in the saliva of patients infected with this bacterium. METHODS: A novel polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was developed to detect H pylori in saliva and gastric biopsy specimens from patients undergoing endoscopy. RESULTS: Our PCR assay amplified a 417 base pair fragment of DNA from all 21 DNAs derived from H pylori clinical isolates but did not...