Publications
[molecular detection and genotypification of helicobacter pylori in gastric biopsies from symptomatic adult patients in santa fe, argentina]. | 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 % (39/48) of patients by nested pcr for hsp60. the presence of caga was detected in 15/22 of samples and vaca s1 - m1 was the most frequent allelic combination (15/22). gastritis, the most frequent diagnosis, was as ... | 2013 | 23560787 |
[seroprevalence of helicobacter pylori anti-caga antibodies and its relationship with epidemiologic factors in santa fe]. | the early detection of anti-caga antibodies in young adults would be of a great clinical impact in the prevention of gastric cancer. the aim of this study was to assess igg and anti-caga antibodies seroprevalence against helicobacter pylori in our region using a non invasive technique, easy to perform an evaluating its relationship with different epidemiological risk factors. four hundred and thirty-five volunteers with a mean age of forty years old from different health centers were included in ... | 2004 | 15328663 |