Clinical relevance of cagA-specific antibodies related to cagA status of Heliobacter pylori isolates using immunofluorescence test and PCR

Infection

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 154-158

  Krausse, R ^a   Garten, L ^a   Harder, T ^a   Ullmann, U ^a   Birkner, T ^a   Doniec, M ^a   Grimm, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

CagA status; Clinical relevance; Helicobacter pylori; Immunofluorescence; PCR; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN CAGA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; STOMACH ULCER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPSY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; DUODENAL ULCER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 0034987142     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-001-1102-1     Document Type: Article

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