Helicobacter pylori virulence genes detected by string PCR in children from an urban community in northeastern Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 988-989

  Goncalves, Maria H R B ^a   Silva, Cicero I S M ^a   Braga Neto, Manuel B ^a   Fialho, Andrea B C ^a   Fialho, Andre M N ^a   Queiroz, Dulciene M M ^b   Braga, Lucia L B C ^a  

^a Walter Cantidio University Hospital   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CAGA PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRAZIL; CAGA GENE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION; UREA BREATH TEST; VACA GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84874055187     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02583-12     Document Type: Article

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