2001•The Egyptian Journal of Hospital MedicineOpen access
Study of Helicobacter pylori cag A status and Interleukin - in patients with dyspepsia
Zeinab Nabil Ahmed Said, Magda I.M. El Mahdy, Mona M. Morsy, Hanaa Hassan
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Abstract
Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) is a Gram negative microaerophylic bacterium that is closely associated with gastroduodenal diseases. The prevalence of H.pylori infection is high world wild. Cytotoxin –associated protein (cag A)encoded by cag A gene has been reported to be a major virulence factor of H.pylori infection.