Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori vacA and cagA genotypes in Ethiopian dyspeptic patients
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Summary, in English
A total of 300 gastric biopsy samples and 50 Helicobacter pylori isolates were collected from Ethiopian adult dyspeptic patients. The vacA and cagA genes were detected in 90 and 79% of biopsy specimens, respectively, and in 100 and 87% of clinical isolates, respectively. Both genes were detected in 84% of the gastric biopsy samples and in 87% of the clinical isolates. Among vacA genotypes, the s1/m1 genotype was the most common in gastric biopsy samples (48%). The vacA and cagA positive H. pylori strains were detected to a higher degree in patients with chronic active gastritis (71%) than patients with other histopathological findings (29%) (P < 0.05).
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Publiceringsår
2004
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
2682-2684
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volym
42
Issue
6
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Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
American Society for Microbiology
Ämne
- Microbiology in the medical area
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1098-660X