TABLE 2.
Distributions of the 394 East Asiana patients from whom the H. pylori strains were isolated
| Clinical status | No (%) of strains
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| RpoBThr type | RpoBAla type | Subtotal | |
| Gastric cancer | 88 (66.2) | 45 (33.8) | 133 |
| Duodenal ulcer | 24 (75.0) | 8 (25.0) | 32 |
| Gastritis | 59 (66.3) | 30 (33.7) | 89 |
| Benign gastric ulcer | 17 (56.7) | 13 (43.3) | 30 |
| Lymphoid hyperplasia | 2 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 2 |
| Within normal limitb | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) | 4 |
| Unknown | 70 (67.3) | 34 (32.7) | 104 |
| Subtotal | 263 (66.8) | 131 (33.2) | |
a
Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
b
No pathological finding was observed.