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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2008, p. 2783-2785, Vol. 46, No. 8
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02370-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Lewis Antigen Expression by Helicobacter pylori Strains Colonizing Different Regions of the Stomach of Individual Patients{triangledown}

Gerardo González-Valencia,1,{dagger} Leopoldo Muñoz-Perez,1,{dagger} Rosario Morales-Espinosa,2 Margarita Camorlinga-Ponce,1 Onofre Muñoz,3 and Javier Torres1*

Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital de Pediatría, IMSS, México,1 Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, México,2 Hospital Infantil de México, Federico Gómez SS, México3

Received 10 December 2007/ Returned for modification 4 April 2008/ Accepted 29 May 2008

The diversity in the expression of Lewis antigens (Le) of 226 single colonies of Helicobacter pylori isolated from four regions of the stomach of eight adults is shown. Ley was expressed more in strains colonizing antrum than in strains colonizing fundus, whereas Lex was more common in fundus strains. cagA+ strains were more associated with Le-negative strains.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Av. Centenario 1707-39, México DF, C.P. 01580, México. Phone: 1152-55-5-627-6940. Fax: 1152-55-5-627-6949. E-mail: jtorresl57{at}yahoo.com.mx

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 11 June 2008.

{dagger} G.G.-V. and L.M.-P. contributed equally to this study.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2008, p. 2783-2785, Vol. 46, No. 8
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02370-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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