| Literature DB >> 11773138 |
Helena Andreson1, Krista Lõivukene, Toomas Sillakivi, Heidi-Ingrid Maaroos, Mart Ustav, Ants Peetsalu, Marika Mikelsaar.
Abstract
Gastric biopsy specimens from 156 adult patients from southern Estonia suffering from chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and perforated peptic ulcer were analyzed by PCR. The cagA gene was evenly distributed throughout 87% of the specimens from the patients with the different gastric diseases. The presence of the cagA gene correlated with that of vacA signal sequence type s1a (99%). However, no clear differences were found in the distribution of cagA and vacA genotypes among patients in Estonia with severe perforated peptic ulcer, uncomplicated peptic ulcer, or chronic gastritis.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11773138 PMCID: PMC120128 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.1.298-300.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948