title: Identification of enterohepatic Helicobacter species in patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Ulrich R M
authors.initials: UR
authors.lastname: Bohr
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Glasbrenner
authors.forename: Anett
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Primus
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zagoura
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wex
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malfertheiner
mesh_terms: 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