Neither gastric topological distribution nor principle virulence genes of<i>Helicobacter pylori</i>contributes to clinical outcomes

Abstract

Topographic colonization of H pylori and the virulence genes harboured by these isolates have no direct bearing to the clinical state of the patients. In multi-ethnic Singapore, the stomach of each patient is colonized by a predominant strain of H pylori, irrespective of the clinical diagnosis.