Article
Detection and typing of the virulence determinants cagA and vacA of Helicobacter pylori directly from biopsy DNA: are in vitro strains representative of in vivo strains?
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Aug 1998
Gunn M C, Stephens J C, Stewart J D, Rathbone B J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The relationship of Helicobacter pylori genotypes to gastrointestinal disease has relied on cultured isolates. This assumes that cultured strains are representative of in vivo strains. OBJECTIVE: To detect and type the cagA status and the vacA genotypes directly from biopsy DNA withou...
Topics
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacterial Toxins
- Biopsy
- DNA, Bacterial
- Duodenal Ulcer
- Genotype
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Polymerase Chain Reaction