Identification of enterohepatic Helicobacter species in patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease

J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Jun;42(6):2766-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2766-2768.2004.

Abstract

Using a group-specific PCR assay, we investigated the presence of enterohepatic Helicobacter species in gut specimens from patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Enterohepatic Helicobacter species were detected in 12% (3 of 25) of the patients with Crohn's disease, in 17% (3 of 18) of the ulcerative colitis samples, and in 4% (1 of 23) of the controls.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Helicobacter / classification
  • Helicobacter / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / microbiology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Phylogeny
  • Prospective Studies