title: Helicobacter pylori detection in Chinese subjects: a comparison of two common DNA fingerprinting methods.
abstract: This study aims to demonstrate DNA diversity in Helicobacter pylori strains obtained from patients with peptic ulcer disease and compare the results from two DNA fingerprinting techniques. H. pylori strains (n = 42), collected from June 1996 to August 1999, were cultured from storage at -80 degrees C. DNA diversity was determined by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR. Isolates showed a significant DNA sequence diversity by both methods. RAPD-PCR demonstrated 33 distinct strain-specific band patterns, whereas PCR-RFLP demonstrated six distinct restriction patterns. PCR-RFLP identified four of the 42 strains as mixed growth, compared with RAPD-PCR which did not reveal any co-colonisation. Diversity among H. pylori clinical isolates was demonstrated distinctly by both methods; however, RAPD-PCR showed greater discriminatory power in distinguishing between isolates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Xiangya Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha, PR China. yakoobjaved@hotmail.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yakoob
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial