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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2005

Identification of non-Helicobacter pylori spiral organisms in gastric samples from humans, dogs, and cats.

Kathleen Van den Bulck, Annemie Decostere, Margo Baele, Ann Driessen, Jean-Claude Debongnie, Alain Burette, Manfred Stolte, Richard Ducatelle, Freddy Haesebrouck

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46 citing papers in PubMed, 155 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Kathleen Van den BulckDepartment of Pathology, Bacteriology, and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium. kathleen.vandenbulck@UGent.be
Annemie Decostere
Margo Baele
Ann Driessen
Jean-Claude Debongnie
Alain Burette
Manfred Stolte
Richard Ducatelle
Freddy Haesebrouck
Ghent University · BEBayreuth Medical Center · DEClinique Saint-Joseph · BEClinique Saint Pierre · BEMaastricht University Medical Centre · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tightly coiled bacteria are a rare cause of gastric pathology in humans and represent a mixture of species for which a zoonotic origin is suspected. Similar organisms are common inhabitants of the gastric mucosae of carnivores and pigs. It was the goal of the present study to determine the actual occurrence of each individual Helicobacter species in human, canine, and feline stomachs in order to better understand the possible zoonotic significance. Gastric biopsy samples from humans with histological evidence of non-Helicobacter pylori spiral bacteria (n = 123) and samples from the gastric antrum, corpus, and cardia from dogs (n = 110) and cats (n = 43) were subjected to a multiplex PCR, enabling the identification of Helicobacter felis, Helicobacter bizzozeronii, Helicobacter salomonis, and "Candidatus Helicobacter suis." A PCR for detecting H. pylori was applied to all human samples. Single infections with "Candidatus Helicobacter suis," H. felis, H. bizzozeronii, H. salomonis, a hitherto unknown genotype of a non-H. pylori spiral organism (Helicobacter-like organism 135 [HLO135]), and H. pylori were identified in 30.9%, 8.9%, 2.4%, 11.4%, 7.3%, and 8.9% of the human biopsy samples, respectively. Mixed infections (16.3%) with two or even three of these were also found. In the canine stomach, H. bizzozeronii (70.0%) was encountered as the main spiral organism, while H. felis (62.7%) and HLO135 (67.4%) were the predominant Helicobacter species found in the feline gastric mucosa. Although the majority of human non-H. pylori organisms are Helicobacter species naturally occurring in the stomachs of pigs, cats, and dogs, the frequent identification of H. salomonis in human gastric biopsy samples is in contrast to its rare identification in pet carnivore samples, urging us to suspect other sources of infection.

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AnimalsAnimals, DomesticBiopsyCat DiseasesCatsDog DiseasesDogsGastric MucosaHelicobacterHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumans

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PMID15872252
PMCPMC1153784
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