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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2005, p. 2984-2986, Vol. 43, No. 6
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.6.2984-2986.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Prevalence of Helicobacter pullorum among Patients with Gastrointestinal Disease and Clinically Healthy Persons

Liesbeth Ceelen,1* Annemie Decostere,1 Gerda Verschraegen,2 Richard Ducatelle,1 and Freddy Haesebrouck1

Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium,1 Department of Clinical Biology, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium2

Received 31 December 2004/ Returned for modification 6 February 2005/ Accepted 20 February 2005

Feces from 531 patients with gastroenteritis and from 100 clinically healthy individuals were tested for Helicobacter pullorum by use of PCR. Samples positive by PCR were qualified for isolation. H. pullorum DNA was demonstrated to be present in feces from 4.3% of patients with gastrointestinal disease but also in feces from 4.0% of clinically healthy persons. One strain was isolated from one patient with gastrointestinal disease.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium. Phone: 32 9 264 74 34. Fax: 32 9 264 74 94. E-mail: liesbeth.ceelen{at}UGent.be.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2005, p. 2984-2986, Vol. 43, No. 6
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.6.2984-2986.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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