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Table 9 Correlation between the PCR-positive results obtained in the different stomach regions and the gastric histological findings in wild boars

From: Molecular detection of Helicobacter spp. and Fusobacterium gastrosuis in pigs and wild boars and its association with gastric histopathological alterations

  

Erosion

Ulceration

Hyperplasia

Fibrosis

n/N

4/10

r

p

0/10

r

p

2/10

r

p

0/10

r

p

Pars oesophagea

 H. pylori-like

0/10

0

0

0

0

 H. suis

0/10

0

0

0

0

 H. bizzozeronii

1/10

0

0

2/2

0.94

< 0.01

0

 H. salomonis

0/10

0

0

0

0

 F. gastrosuis

4/10

2/4

0.36

0.31

0

1/2

0.03

0.93

0

 

n/N

0/10

r

p

0/10

r

p

1/10

r

p

0

r

p

Oxyntic mucosa

 H. pylori-like

2/10

0

0

0

0

 H. suis

1/10

0

0

0

0

 H. bizzozeronii

0/10

0

0

0

0

 H. salomonis

0/10

0

0

0

0

 F. gastrosuis

5/10

0

0

0

0

 

n/N

0/10

r

p

0/10

r

p

0/10

r

p

0

r

p

Antral mucosa

 H. pylori-like

0/10

0

0

0

0

 H. suis

0/10

0

0

0

0

 H. bizzozeronii

2/10

0

0

0

 

 H. salomonis

5/10

0

0

0

0

 F. gastrosuis

6/10

0

0

0

0

  1. r: Pearson correlation coefficient.
  2. p: p-value ≤ 0.05 was considered to be significant.