Acute symptomatic gastritis due to Helicobacter heilmannii.
Helicobacter heilmannii is a Gram-negative spiral-shaped organism predominantly associated with zoonotic infection. Human pathology has also been described, but acute symptoms with complete resolution have been infrequently reported. We present a 50-year-old man in whom H. heilmannii gastritis presented as an acute febrile illness and was successfully treated with antibiotics and proton pump inhibitor. Epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of similar cases are reviewed.
Al-Hamoudi
Waleed K
WK
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pathology, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill University School of Medicine, 3755 chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Alpert
Lesley
L
Szilagyi
Andrew
A
D005756:Gastritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D018247:Helicobacter heilmannii; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged