Objective:To investigate the gene polymorphism and infection outcome of individual strains of Helicobacter pylori
infection in Huainan region.Methods:Helicobacter pylori was isolated from the gastric antrum, gastric mucosa of 125 patients with HP
infected chronic gastritis or peptic ulcer and cultured. Then HP DNA was extracted. Random amplified normality DNA (RAPD)
fingerprinting assay was used to test the strain polymorphism. Then the 125 patients were treated with proton pump inhibitors, H2
receptor antagonists, bismuth-based triple or quadruple therapy. After treatment for 4 to 6 weeks, 14C-urea breath test was used for Hp
eradication assessment. Then the HP were isolated from gastric antrum, gastric mucosa of patients with HP eradication failure, cultured
and identified, and analyzed by RAPD fingerprinting assay to assess the effects of HP genetic polymorphism on treatment outcome.Results:The positive rates of cagA, iceA1, iceA2, vacAs1, vacAm1 and babA2 were respectively 92.80%, 36.00%, 93.60%, 93.60%,
29.50%and 53.50%. The positive rates of cagA, iceA2, vacAs were significantly higher than other types of gene-positive rate (P<0.05 or
P<0.01), and other types of gene positive rates had no significant difference (P>0.05). After treatment, 86.4% (107/125) had HP
eradication, and 14.4% (18 / 125 ) failed. Among the18 patients with eradication failure, 15 had the same strain fingerprints before and
after treatment, and were confirmed as the original strain recurrence. Their positive rates of cagA, iceA1, iceA2, vacAs1, vacAm1, babA2
were respectively 93.33%, 13.33%, 86.67%, 93.33%, 6.67%, 20.00%; the rates of cagA, iceA2, vacAs were significantly higher than
other types of genes positive rate (P<0.05 or P<0.01).Conclusion:cagA +, vacAs +, iceA2 + were the dominant genotype of HP infection
in Huainan region. These genotype easily lead to HP eradication failure. babA2 was found having no correlation with the presence of HP
infection outcome. |