title: Absence of mucosa-associated colonic Helicobacters in an Australian urban population.
abstract: Application of nested PCR for Helicobacter species to 416 samples obtained at colonoscopy from 15 patients with Crohn's disease, 12 with ulcerative colitis, and 43 controls revealed H. pylori DNA in only 6 individuals with no disease association. No other Helicobacter species were detected in ileal or colonic samples.
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia. m.grehan@student.unsw.edu.au
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grehan
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Danon
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Daskalopoulos
authors.forename: Hazel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D001706:Biopsy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017931:DNA Primers; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers