Abstract

ESCOBAR HABEICA, Edmundo Dantés et al. Molecular identification of helicobacter pylori in paraffin embedded gastric tissues with malignant neoplasm. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2013, vol.12, n.2, pp. 294-301. ISSN 1729-519X.

Introduction: Helicobacter pylori is considered one of the main causal agents of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric malignant neoplasms in humans. Objective: to evaluate polymerase chain reaction for identification of Helicobacter pylori and its genotypes in paraffin embedded gastric tissues with malignant neoplasms. Material and Methods: sections of five paraffin blocks from five patients with gastric malignant neoplasms were studied. They were analyzed through routine and special stains of pathological anatomy, as well as the polymerase chain reaction technic for microorganism and genotypes detection. Results: the infectious agent was identified in all of the analyzed blocks through the polymerase chain reaction technic in correspondence with its detection through histologic techniques. This methodology showed a genetic variability of the pathogen in the analyzed samples in respect to vacA and cagA genotypes. Conclusions: the polymerase chain reaction could be an efficacious method for the identification of H. pylori in paraffin embedded gastric tissues with malignant neoplasms. It is projected as an attractive strategy for performing studies of molecular epidemiology and the establishment of possible associations between genotypes/subtypes of the microorganism and clinic or epidemiologic variables, and patient handling.

Keywords : Helicobacter pylori; polymerase chain reaction; paraffin embedded tissues; gastric malignant neoplasms.

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