Is There a Real Relationship between the Presence of Helicobacter pylori in Dental Plaque and Gastric Infection? A Genotyping and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Study on Patient Specimens with Dyspepsia in Southwest Iran

Table 4

The combination of RFLP patterns of ureAB, cagA, and vacA genes on stomach and dental plaque specimens.

Patient number	Stomach			Dental plaque
	ureAB	cagA	vacA	ureAB	cagA	vacA
1	6 bands	None	3 bands	3 bands	3 bands	3 bands
2	5 bands	None	3 bands	5 bands	3 bands	4 bands
3	5 bands	3 bands	4 bands	4 bands	None	3 bands
4	4 bands	3 bands	4 bands	6 bands	1 band	3 bands
5	5 bands	3 bands	4 bands	5 bands	None	3 bands
6	6 bands	3 bands	3 bands	4 bands	None	4 bands
7	5 bands	3 bands	4 bands	5 bands	None	3 bands
8	4 bands	1 band	4 bands	5 bands	3 bands	4 bands
9	3 bands	3 bands	4 bands	4 bands	3 bands	3 bands
10	6 bands	1 band	3 bands	5 bands	3 bands	3 bands
11	6 bands	3 bands	3 bands	4 bands	None	4 bands
12	3 bands	3 bands	3 bands	5 bands	None	4 bands
13	6 bands	3 bands	3 bands	5 bands	3 bands	3 bands
14	4 bands	1 band	3 bands	3 bands	3bands	3 bands
15	3 bands	3 bands	3 bands	4 bands	3 bands	3 bands
16	6 bands	3 bands	4 bands	5 bands	3 bands	4 bands
17	4 bands	3 bands	4 bands	5 bands	None	3 bands
18	6 bands	3 bands	3 bands	5 bands	None	4 bands
19	5 bands	None	3 bands	5 bands	None	4 bands