TABLE 5.
Typing of H. pylori clinical isolates by reactivities of human sera to their LPS
Patient group (no. of H. pylori strains) | No. of strains with LPS containing:
|
Rough LPS | |
---|---|---|---|
Highly antigenic epitope (type A serum positive) | Weakly antigenic epitope (type B serum positive) | ||
CG (19) | 15 | 4 | 0 |
GU (18) | 8 | 10 | 0 |
DU (9) | 4 | 4 | 1 |
CA | |||
Isolates from tumor site (10) | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Isolates from nontumor site (12) | 5 | 7 | 0 |
Total (68) | 35 | 31 | 2 |