Enterohepatic Helicobacter species isolated from the ileum, liver and colon of a baboon with pancreatic islet amyloidosis

J Med Microbiol. 2006 Nov;55(Pt 11):1591-1595. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.46707-0.

Abstract

Microaerobic bacteria were isolated from a baboon with pancreatic islet amyloidosis and hepatitis. Phenotypic and molecular analyses identified two distinct helicobacters. Analyses of 16S rRNA demonstrated "Helicobacter macacae" in the ileum and liver, and Helicobacter cinaedi in the colon. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report describing the isolation of enterohepatic Helicobacter species from a baboon.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Amyloidosis / microbiology
  • Amyloidosis / pathology
  • Amyloidosis / veterinary*
  • Animals
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Helicobacter / genetics
  • Helicobacter / growth & development
  • Helicobacter / isolation & purification*
  • Helicobacter Infections / microbiology
  • Helicobacter Infections / pathology
  • Helicobacter Infections / veterinary*
  • Hepatitis, Animal / microbiology*
  • Hepatitis, Animal / pathology
  • Islets of Langerhans / pathology*
  • Male
  • Monkey Diseases / microbiology*
  • Monkey Diseases / pathology
  • Papio anubis*
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / chemistry
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S