title: Retrospective study of Campylobacter-like organisms in patients undergoing partial gastrectomy.
abstract: One hundred and five stoma biopsy specimens and 108 corpus biopsy specimens from 108 patients who had undergone a partial gastrectomy because of peptic ulcer disease were examined retrospectively for the presence of Campylobacter-like organisms and gastritis. In the corpus biopsy specimens Campylobacter-associated gastritis was found in 55 (71%) of the cases and in 42 (48%) of the stoma biopsy specimens. It is concluded that Campylobacter-like organisms have a role in gastritis after partial gastrectomy, although this role is more prominent in the corpus region. The role of Campylobacter pylori in peptic ulcer disease is not clinically important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Loffeld
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Loffeld
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Arends
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Flendrig
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: van Spreeuwel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005756:Gastritis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013270:Stomach / Q000382:microbiology