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Detection of Helicobacter pylori and cagA gene in nasal polyps and benign laryngeal diseases.

AbstractBACKGROUND AND AIMS:
Helicobacter pylori is the most common etiological factor of chronic infection worldwide. It has also been found in human dental plaques, mouth, saliva, tonsils and adenoid tissue, medial ear or nasal polyps and sinuses mucosa, as well in several benign and malignant lesions of the larynx and pharynx. The aim of the study was to investigate the association of H. pylori colonization in chronic rhinosinusitis and benign laryngeal diseases.
METHODS:
The prospective, controlled study involved a series of 30 patients with nasal polyps and normal nasal mucosa and 30 patients with benign laryngeal diseases. Samples of 10-15 mg obtained from fresh tissues were used for nucleic acid purification. All samples were subjected to H. pylori ureA detection by the PCR H. pylori diagnostic test. Samples that were positive for ureA H. pylori gene were evaluated for cagA H. pylori gene.
RESULTS:
H. pylori DNA (ureA gene) was detected in all patients with nasal polyps, concha bullosa and laryngeal diseases. Presence of H. pylori cagA gene was identified in 7 (23.3%) of 30 patients of H. pylori-positive larynx samples and no positive result was observed in nasal polyps and concha bullosa.
CONCLUSIONS:
Our results reveal the presence of H. pylori DNA in nasal polyps, concha bullosa and benign larynx diseases. cagA-positive H. pylori was observed only in laryngeal tissues. These results may have implications for a possible role of H. pylori in laryngeal diseases.
AuthorsPawel K Burduk, Agnieszka Kaczmarek, Anna Budzynska, Wojciech Kazmierczak, Eugenia Gospodarek
JournalArchives of medical research (Arch Med Res) Vol. 42 Issue 8 Pg. 686-9 (Nov 2011) ISSN: 1873-5487 [Electronic] United States
PMID22222490 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
CopyrightCopyright © 2011 IMSS. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • cagA protein, Helicobacter pylori
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antigens, Bacterial (genetics)
  • Bacterial Proteins (genetics)
  • Female
  • Helicobacter pylori (genetics, isolation & purification)
  • Humans
  • Laryngeal Diseases (microbiology)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Typing
  • Nasal Polyps (microbiology)
  • Rhinitis (microbiology)
  • Sinusitis (microbiology)
  • Young Adult

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