Clustering of South African Helicobacter pylori isolates from peptic ulcer disease patients is demonstrated by repetitive extragenic palindromic-PCR fingerprinting

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1833-1839

  Kidd, M ^a   Atherton, J C ^a   Lastovica, A J ^a   Louw, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; CYTOTOXIN A; PALINDROMIC DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENE CLUSTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035022272     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1833-1839.2001     Document Type: Article

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