Prevalence of non Helicobacter pylori species in patients presenting with dyspepsia

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 2 PCR results for Helicobacter species

	PCR for Helicobacter genus specific 16SrRNA
	Positive n = 167	Negative n = 83	P value
*H. pylori glmM*
Positive	133(80)	9(11)	< 0.001
Negative	34(20)	74(89)
*H. heilmannii ureB*
Positive	17(10)	0(0)	0.003
Negative	150(90)	83(100)
*H. felis ure A and B*
Positive	10(6)	0(0)	0.03
Negative	157(94)	83(100)

Univariate analysis was performed by using the independent sample t-test, Pearson Chi-square test or Fisher Exact test where appropriate. A P-value of < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. *All the H. heilmannii and H. felis PCR positive patients were also positive for H. pylori PCR amplification.

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