Research Article
Helicobacter pylori in Vegetables and Salads: Genotyping and Antimicrobial Resistance Properties
Table 5
Seasonal distribution of Helicobacter pylori isolated from washed and unwashed vegetables and commercial and traditional salads in Iran.
| Types and numbers of positive samples | Seasonal distribution (%) | Winter | Summer | Autumn | Spring |
| Salads | | | | | Traditional (5*) | 1 (20) | — | 1 (20) | 3 (60) | Commercial (2) | — | — | — | 2 (100) | Total (7) | 1 (14.28) | — | 1 (14.28) | 5 (71.42) |
| Vegetables | | | | | Washed (10) | 2 (20) | — | 1 (10) | 7 (70) | Unwashed (42) | 6 (14.28) | 2 (4.76) | 4 (9.52) | 30 (71.42) | Total (52) | 8 (15.38) | 2 (3.84) | 5 (9.61) | 37 (71.15) |
| Total | | | | | Vegetables and salads (59) | 9 (15.25) | 2 (3.38) | 6 (10.16) | 42 (71.18) |
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*Numbers of positive samples.
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