Multiple Helicobacter pylori strains may colonize an individual host. Using enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay and line probe assay (LiPA) techniques, we analyzed the prevalence …

Helicobacter pylori has been strongly associated with gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers,
and it is a risk factor for gastric cancer. Two major virulence factors of H. pylori have been …

Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative micro-aerophilic bacterium that is widely distributed
geographically and causes chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers, gastric adenocarcinoma, and …

Helicobacter pylori infection is the etiologic agent of various gastric pathologies. The severity
of disease outcome has been attributed to some H. pylori genotypes, which varies …

In addition to the already known cagA gene, novel genetic markers have been associated
with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) virulence: the dupA and vacAi genes. These genes might …

OBJECTIVE: To characterize Helicobacter pylori isolates from western Argentina using
virulence markers and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in order to assess the association …

ABSTRACT 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 …

Abstract Background: Associations between Helicobacter pylori gene diversity and gastric
cancer have not been reported on in Costa Rica, despite its being one of the countries with …

Helicobacter pylori (HP) is considered a major gastric pathogen with oncogenic potential.
The aim of this study was to determine whether HP is present in oropharyngeal lymphoid …

The genotypes of Helicobacter pylori flaA, cagA, vacA, and iceA were determined for DNA
isolated from patients with chronic gastritis or peptic ulcer in eastern Taiwan. The vacA gene …