title: Refractory chronic pleurisy caused by Helicobacter equorum-like bacterium in a patient with X-linked agammaglobulinemia.
abstract: We describe a 35-year-old man with X-linked agammaglobulinemia who had refractory chronic pleurisy caused by a Helicobacter equorum-like bacterium. Broad-range bacterial PCR targeting the 16S and 23S rRNA genes and in situ hybridization targeting the 16S rRNA gene of H. equorum confirmed the presence of this pathogen in a human for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan. mfunato@mac.com
authors.forename: Michinori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Funato
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Kiyofumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohkusu
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasai
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: Zenichiro
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukao
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D040181:Genetic Diseases, X-Linked / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / Q000235:genetics; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S