Helicobacter pylori bab characterization in clinical isolates from Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Shamshul AnsariEvariste Tshibangu KabambaPradeep Krishna ShresthaHafeza AftabThein MyintLotay TsheringRabi Prakash SharmaNwe NiThan Than AyePhawinee SubsomwongTomohisa UchidaThawee Ratanachu-EkRatha-Korn VilaichoneVarocha MahachaiTakashi MatsumotoJunko AkadaAri Fahrial Syam

Published in: PloS one (2017)

The higher prevalence of virulence associated babA-positive characteristics and enhanced histological activities in Bhutan than in Myanmar, Nepal and Bangladesh might partly explain why the peoples in Bhutan are at higher risk for developing severe gastric complications.

Keyphrases

helicobacter pylori
helicobacter pylori infection
risk factors
tertiary care
escherichia coli
pseudomonas aeruginosa
staphylococcus aureus
antimicrobial resistance
early onset
biofilm formation
cystic fibrosis