Open AccessAssessment of Helicobacter pylori prevalence by scorpion real-time PCR in chronic tonsillitis patients
Author(s) -
Taghi Naserpour Farivar,
Ali Asghar Pahlevan,
Pouran Johari,
Farshid Safdarian,
Masoome Aslani Mehr,
Reza Najafipour,
Fatemeh Ahmadpour
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.93760
Subject(s) - chronic tonsillitis , tonsil , helicobacter pylori , medicine , tonsillectomy , polymerase chain reaction , tonsillitis , rapid urease test , gastroenterology , chronic gastritis , real time polymerase chain reaction , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , immunology , biology , gastritis , biochemistry , gene
Occasionally, bacteria or viruses enter the tonsils and these organs become overwhelmed by bacterial or viral infection leading to inflammation. Some studies confirmed the presence of Helicobacter pylori in tonsillar specimens of patients suffering from chronic tonsillitis and some others did not. The difference in results in various studies might be due to different laboratory methods. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of H. pylori Deoxynucleic acid (DNA) in archival tonsillar tissues of patients with chronic tonsillitis by a rapid, sensitive, and specific technique of Scorpion real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR).