Prevalence, diversity and disease association of Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients from Pakistan

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 220-228

  Khan, Adnan ^a,b   Farooqui, Amber ^a,b,c   Raza, Yasir ^a   Rasheed, Faisal ^a   Manzoor, Hamid ^d   Akhtar, Syed Shakeel ^d   Quraishy, Muhammad Saeed ^d   Rubino, Salvatore ^b   Kazmi, Shahana U ^a   Paglietti, Bianca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

CagA; Duodenal ulcer; Gastric ulcer; H. pylori; Pakistan; VacA

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; RNA 16S; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875137818     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2942     Document Type: Article

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