cagA positive Helicobacter pylori in Brazilian children related to chronic gastritis

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 254-258

  Gatti, Luciano Lobo ^a,b   de Lábio, Roger ^a   da Silva, Luiz Carlos ^c   Smith, Marília de Arruda Cardoso ^b   Payão, Spencer Luiz Marques ^a,b  

^a Hemocentro   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FAMEMA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cagA; Helicobacter pylori infection; Inflammatory infiltrate

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33947372416     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702006000400008     Document Type: Article

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