Helicobacter pylori infection carrying the CagA gene may be associated with the diagnosis and disease progression of tuberculosis
Fengyan Huang, Hao Zhan, Ying Yang, Liudan Liang, Qiuying Du, Caicun Huang, Jie Huang, Jiannan Lv · 2026
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Fengyan Huang and colleagues compared stomach bacterium strains in 120 tuberculosis patients and 130 healthy controls in China in 2026. Overall stomach infection rates differed little between groups, yet the team asked whether the CagA-carrying strain, known for stronger virulence, tracks with tuberculosis diagnosis and spread.
CagA-positive infection ran about 52 percent in tuberculosis patients against about 29 percent in controls, and higher still when disease hit more than two sites. The paper raises a testable link between this stomach strain and tuberculosis course, while stressing that association alone does not prove cause.
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| CREATOR | Fengyan Huang, Hao Zhan, Ying Yang, Liudan Liang, Qiuying Du, Caicun Huang, Jie Huang, Jiannan Lv |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |