| Literature DB >> 20392907 |
Effrosini G Panayotopoulou1, Dionyssios N Sgouras, Konstantinos S Papadakos, Kalliopi Petraki, Sébastien Breurec, Spyros Michopoulos, Gerassimos Mantzaris, George Papatheodoridis, Andreas Mentis, Athanasios Archimandritis.
Abstract
Polymorphic variability in Helicobacter pylori factors CagA and VacA contributes to bacterial virulence. The presence of one CagA EPIYA-C site is an independent risk factor for gastroduodenal ulceration (odds ratio [OR], 4.647; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.037 to 10.602), while the presence of the vacA i1 allele is a risk factor for increased activity (OR, 5.310; 95% CI, 2.295 to 12.287) and severity of gastritis (OR, 3.862; 95% CI, 1.728 to 8.632).Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20392907 PMCID: PMC2884518 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00662-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948