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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 association between isolation of cagA+ s1-type vacA H. pylori in cases of stomach cancer and ulcers as opposed to cases...
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