TABLE 2.

vacA genotypes of H. pylori strains isolated from patients infected with multiple strains

Subject no.	Endoscopic diagnosis	vacA allele
		s region	m region
1	Duodenal ulcer	s1b	m1 and m2
2	Duodenal ulcer	s1b	m1 and m2
3	Duodenal ulcer	s1b and s2	m2
4	Duodenal ulcer	s1b and s2	m1 and m2
5	Duodenal ulcer	s1b and s2	m1 and m2
6	No ulcer	s1b and s2	m2
7	No ulcer	s1b and s2	m1 and m2
8	No ulcer	s1b and s2	m1 and m2
9	No ulcer	s1b and s2	m1 and m2
10	No ulcer	s1a and s1b	m2