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)

*Numbers of positive samples.