Open AccessIdentification of Enterohepatic Helicobacter Species in Patients Suffering from Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Author(s) -
Ulrich R. M. Bohr,
Bernhard Glasbrenner,
Anett Primus,
Alexandra Zagoura,
Thomas Wex,
Peter Malfertheiner
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.42.6.2766-2768.2004
Subject(s) - inflammatory bowel disease , gastroenterology , helicobacter , ulcerative colitis , enterohepatic circulation , medicine , disease , biology , helicobacter pylori , bile acid
Using a group-specific PCR assay, we investigated the presence of enterohepatic Helicobacter species in gut specimens from patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Enterohepatic Helicobacter species were detected in 12% (3 of 25) of the patients with Crohn's disease, in 17% (3 of 18) of the ulcerative colitis samples, and in 4% (1 of 23) of the controls.