title: Helicobacter sp. strain Mainz isolated from an AIDS patient with septic arthritis: case report and nonradioactive analysis of 16S rRNA sequence.
abstract: A campylobacter-like organism was isolated from an effusion of the left knee joint of an AIDS patient 2 weeks after bacteremia with a morphologically identical organism. Amplified genomic 16S rRNA sequences were analyzed by a nonradioactive blotting technique. The closest match was found with Helicobacter fenelliae (97.7% homology). Sequence data and phenotype suggest that the isolate may represent a so far unrecognized species of the genus Helicobacter.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Husmann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gries
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jehnichen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Woelfel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gerken
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhakdi
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016481:Helicobacter Infections; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S