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Prevalence of horB gene among the Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from dyspeptic patients: first report from Iran

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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is globally accepted as an important cause of gastritis in human, and evidence strongly shows an etiological role for H. pylori in gastric cancer and peptic ulceration. In this study, we determined the relationship between digestive diseases and the horB gene of H. pylori infection. Fresh antral biopsy specimens were obtained from 140 dyspeptic patients (67 men and 73 women; mean age 41.5, aged 19–63 years). They were examined for presence of the horB gene of H. pylori clinical isolates. Bacterial DNA content was extracted directly from the antral biopsy. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS version 16.0. Prevalence of the horB gene in H. pylori isolated from patients with gastric cancer, gastric ulcer, gastritis and duodenal ulcer is (5/32) 15.6%, (4/25) 16%, (30/43) 70%, and (9/40) 22.5%, respectively. No significant relationship is observed between age, pathologic findings and gender factors with respect to the four digestive diseases (P > 0.05). In our examination, a significant association was observed between a horB positive genotype of H. pylori and the occurrence of gastritis; in support of the protective theory. Studies with a higher sample size in different countries of the world should be conducted to obtain a thorough assessment as to whether horB has a role in the progress of gastritis (protective effect) or not. Further tests should be carried out to determine the exact role of horB in infection of H. pylori.

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Acknowledgments

This project was supported financially by MSc thesis at Tarbiat Modares University at 2007. Additionally, laboratory of gastroenterology, Munich, Germany, supported our study financially. Furthermore, we thank Professor David. Y. Graham (Digestive Diseases Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA) for critical comments on this project.

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  1. Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, PO Box 14115-111, Tehran, Iran

    Amin Talebi Bezmin Abadi & Ashraf Mohabbati Mobarez

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

    Tarang Taghvaei

  3. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Ali Ghasemzadeh

  4. Department of Medicine II, Laboratory of Gastroenterology III, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Behnam Kalali Naderi

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Taghvaei, T., Talebi Bezmin Abadi, A., Ghasemzadeh, A. et al. Prevalence of horB gene among the Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from dyspeptic patients: first report from Iran. Intern Emerg Med 7, 505–508 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-011-0614-7

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