Article
Helicobacter pylori cagA status and s and m alleles of vacA in isolates from individuals with a variety of H. pylori-associated gastric diseases.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 1998
Evans D G, Queiroz D M, Mendes E N, Evans D J
Abstract excerpt
The cagA gene was detected in 100% of 16 Helicobacter pylori isolates from patients with gastric carcinoma versus 78% of 18 isolates from patients with duodenal ulcers (P = 0.344) and only 64% of 22 isolates from patients with gastritis only (P = 0.005) in Brazil. Also, there was a significant as...
Topics
- Alleles
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Brazil
- DNA Primers
- Duodenal Ulcer
- Gastritis
- Genes, Bacterial
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Stomach Neoplasms