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Serology of 102 Ladakhi patients of known H. pylori culture status
| Serological status
|
No. of patients by H. pylori culture status
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
H. pylori antigen
|
CagA antigen | Culture positive (n = 68) | Culture negativea (n = 34) | |
| Ladakh | U.S. | |||
| + | + | + | 45 | 17 |
| + | + | − | 2 | 3 |
| + | − | + | 13 | 5 |
| + | − | − | 1 | 2 |
| − | + | + | 0 | 1 |
| − | + | − | 0 | 0 |
| − | − | + | 5 | 3 |
| − | − | − | 2 | 3 |
May be falsely negative due to specimen contamination.
