Pathogenicity island cag, vacA and IS605 genotypes in Mexican strains of Helicobacter pylori associated with peptic ulcers

Table 2 Association between integrity cag PAI, IS605, and vacA genotype of H. pylori.

( )*, numbers of isolates; CP+, complete; CP-, without; CP+/-, incomplete; s0, untypeable for signal region; m0, untypeable for middle region. Patient No.1: Mestizo female, 54 years old, without peptic ulcers or ulcer history; patient No 2: Mestizo male, 53 years old, without peptic ulcers or ulcer history; patient No 3: Mestizo male, 63 years old, with ulcer history, non-bleeding duodenal ulcers; patient No 4: Mestizo female, 65 years old, with ulcer history, non-bleeding duodenal ulcers; patient No 5: Mestizo male, 61 years old, without ulcer history, bleeding duodenal ulcers; patient No 6: Mestizo male, 72 years old, with ulcer history, bleeding gastric ulcers.

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