Detección molecular y genotipificación de Helicobacter pylori en biopsias gástricas de pacientes adultos sintomáticos de la ciudad de Santa Fe, Argentina / [Molecular detection and genotypification of Helicobacter pylori in gastric biopsies from symptomatic adult patients in Santa Fe, Argentina].

ABSTRACT

Our goals were a) to detect Helicobacter pylori in gastric biopsies of symptomatic adults by PCR, b) to detect the presence of the cagA gene as well as of the allelic variants of the vacA gene, and c) to correlate genotypes with the endoscopic diagnoses. H. pylori was detected in 81