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J Med Microbiol 56 (2007), 664-669; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46885-0
© 2007 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island genotype diversity within the gastric niche of a single host

Mario José Matteo1, Gabriela Granados1, Cecilia Valeria Pérez1, Martín Olmos2, Cristian Sanchez3 and Mariana Catalano1

1 Departamento de Microbiología, Parasitología e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2 Servicio de Endoscopia, Hospital General de Agudos Juan A Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina

3 Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Escuela ‘Don José de San Martín’ Facultad de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Correspondence
Mariana Catalano
catalanoma{at}gmail.com.ar

Received 10 August 2006
Accepted 9 January 2007

cag pathogenicity island (PAI) integrity was investigated in isolates from multiple biopsies recovered from 40 patients in an attempt to determine the co-existence of a varying cagPAI-positive to cagPAI-negative ratio in a single host. Six biopsies were obtained from each patient during the same endoscopic session. cagPAI analysis included amplification of seven loci (cagA, cagE, cagG, cagM, cagT, HP0527 and HP0524) and the left end of cagII (LEC). Absence of the island was confirmed by empty-site PCR. lspA-glmM RFLP and random amplified polymorphic DNA PCR were used for strain delineation. The number of biopsies with Helicobacter pylori-positive culture ranged from three to six per patient and a total of 218 isolates were recovered. Mixed infection was only found in two patients. Nearly one-third of the 40 patients harboured isolates with an intact cagPAI in all niches, another third of the isolates were empty-site-positive in all niches, whilst the remaining third of the isolates had a disrupted cagPAI in all or at least one of the niches. Co-existence of variants of the same strain with different cagPAI genotypes was observed in one-quarter of patients. The variations in cagPAI genotype included co-existence of: diverse cagPAI deletions in different niches, variants with intact and with partially deleted islands, variants with empty-site-positive and with partially deleted cagPAIs, and variants with an intact cagPAI and with empty-site-positive. Half of the patients with different cagPAI genotypes harboured an intact cagPAI in at least one niche. Co-existence of diverse genotypes of putative virulence factors in a single host must be considered when drawing a correlation with clinical presentation.

Abbreviations: LEC, left end of the cagPAI; PAI, pathogenicity island; RAPD, random amplified polymorphic DNA.




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