Identification of enterohepatic Helicobacter species in patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease.
Using a group-specific PCR assay, we investigated the presence of enterohepatic Helicobacter species in gut specimens from patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Enterohepatic Helicobacter species were detected in 12% (3 of 25) of the patients with Crohn's disease, in 17% (3 of 18) of the ulcerative colitis samples, and in 4% (1 of 23) of the controls.
Bohr
Ulrich R M
UR
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Strasse 44, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany. ulrich.bohr@medizin.uni-magdeburg.de
Glasbrenner
Bernhard
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Primus
Anett
A
Zagoura
Alexandra
A
Wex
Thomas
T
Malfertheiner
Peter
P
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D011446:Prospective Studies