Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori vacA, cagA, iceA and oipA genotypes in Tunisian patients

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ben Mansour, Khansa ^a   Fendri, Chédlia ^a   Zribi, Meriem ^a   Masmoudi, Afef ^a   Labbene, Mounir ^b   Fillali, Azza ^a   Ben Mami, Nabil ^a   Najjar, Taoufik ^c   Meherzi, Ahmed ^d   Sfar, Tahar ^e   Burucoa, Christophe ^f,g  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Menzel Bourguiba Hospital   (Tunisia)

^c CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d MONGI SLIM HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e Tahar Sfar University Hospital   (Tunisia)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^g Laboratoire de bactériologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN; INDUCED BY CONTACT WITH EPITHELIUM FACTOR ANTIGEN; OUTER INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING TOXIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CAGA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; ICE NUCLEATION PROTEIN; OIPA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VACA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH CANCER; TUNISIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH FUNDUS; VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTRIC FUNDUS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYLORIC ANTRUM; TUNISIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77952896044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-9-10     Document Type: Review

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