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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2002, p. 1908-1912, Vol. 40, No. 6
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.1908-1912.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Captive Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) Are Commonly Infected with Helicobacter cinaedi

Kathy R. Fernandez,1 Lori M. Hansen,1 Peter Vandamme,2 Blaine L. Beaman,1 and Jay V. Solnick1,3*

Departments of Medicine,2 Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California,1 Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Faculteit Wedenschappen, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium3

Received 12 October 2001/ Returned for modification 8 February 2002/ Accepted 25 February 2002

Helicobacter cinaedi may cause proctocolitis or bacteremia in homosexual men infected with human immunodeficiency virus or occasionally in other immunocompromised hosts. There are scattered reports of H. cinaedi isolated from a variety of animal hosts, but to date only hamsters have been found to be a common natural reservoir. Microaerophillic cultures of feces from 5 of 16 asymptomatic rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) (31%) were positive for a curved gram-negative rod. A polyphasic taxonomic approach was used to identify the organism as H. cinaedi. These results show that H. cinaedi frequently colonizes asymptomatic captive rhesus monkeys, which may serve as another potential reservoir for human infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616. Phone: (530) 752-1333. Fax: (530) 752-8692. E-mail: jvsolnick{at}ucdavis.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2002, p. 1908-1912, Vol. 40, No. 6
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.1908-1912.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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