title: Isolation of Helicobacter pylori from saliva.
abstract: Helicobacter pylori was grown in low numbers from the saliva of one of nine patients who were positive for gastric H. pylori. The saliva-derived isolate from this patient was identical to the antral biopsy-derived isolate from the same patient and differed from isolates cultured from the antral biopsies of all other patients by soluble-protein electrophoresis, restriction endonuclease DNA analysis, and Southern blot hybridization. This is the first observation, to our knowledge, of the recovery of viable H. pylori from saliva.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Mayberry
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D012463:Saliva / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids