title: Helicobacter pylori: a sexually transmitted bacterium?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Oral sex (fellatio) is a very common sexual activity. H. pylori is mainly a gastric organism, but studies have reported that infected individuals may permanently or transiently carry H. pylori in their mouth and saliva.
  
  
  METHODS
  A Pubmed search was conducted using the words infection, oral sex and urethritis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The existing studies support the hypothesis that H. pylori could be a causative agent of non-gonococcal urethritis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is possible that H. pylori may be transmitted via the act of fellatio in the urethra. Further research is required to explore the role of H. pylori in sexually transmitted urethritis.
authors: Private Laboratory, Athens, Greece.
authors: Dimitra
authors: D
authors: Dimitriadi
keywords: H. pylori; oral sex; urethritis