title: Campylobacter jejuni in the stomach.
abstract: Campylobacter jejuni is the commonest cause of acute bacterial enteritis in the UK. However, in this case a 74-year-old lady underwent gastroscopy for an upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage and was noted to have a gastric ulcer. Gastric biopsy revealed spiral gram-negative bacteria and culture yielded a moderate growth of C. jejuni. Identification was confirmed by growth characteristics, biochemical tests and PCR amplification of the species-specific flagellin gene--fla A. To prevent misidentification, it is important that laboratories routinely culturing gastric biopsies for Helicobacter pylori should perform a rapid urease test and not rely solely on microscopic morphology.
authors.affiliation: Scunthorpe General Hospital, South Humberside.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sahay
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birkenhead
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hawkey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005408:Flagellin / Q000235:genetics; D005773:Gastroscopy; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013270:Stomach / Q000382:microbiology*; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005408:Flagellin