Enterohepatic Helicobacter species isolated from the ileum, liver and colon of a baboon with pancreatic islet amyloidosis.
Microaerobic bacteria were isolated from a baboon with pancreatic islet amyloidosis and hepatitis. Phenotypic and molecular analyses identified two distinct helicobacters. Analyses of 16S rRNA demonstrated "Helicobacter macacae" in the ileum and liver, and Helicobacter cinaedi in the colon. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report describing the isolation of enterohepatic Helicobacter species from a baboon.
García
Alexis
A
Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Xu
Shilu
S
Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Dewhirst
Floyd E
FE
Department of Molecular Genetics, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Nambiar
Prashant R
PR
Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Fox
James G
JG
Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006520:Hepatitis, Animal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D048530:Papio anubis; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S