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New spiral bacterium in gastric mucosa
C A McNulty et al. J Clin Pathol. 1989 Jun.
Abstract
A new spiral bacterium, distinct from Campylobacter pylori, was found in the gastric mucosa of six patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. All patients had chronic active type B gastritis and four had oesophagitis. Culture and microscopy for C pylori infection was negative. These unculturable spiral organisms were probably an incidental finding in patients presenting for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, but it is not possible to say from this small series whether these organisms cause chronic active gastritis. The organism is helical, 3.5-7.5 microns long and 0.9 micron in diameter with truncated ends flattened at the tips, and up to 12 sheathed flagella 28 nm in diameter at each pole. It is proposed that this spiral bacterium should be called "Gastrospirillum hominis Gen.nov., Sp.nov."
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- Spiral shaped bacteria in gastric mucosa.
Figura N, Guglielmetti P, Quaranta S. Figura N, et al. J Clin Pathol. 1990 Feb;43(2):173. doi: 10.1136/jcp.43.2.173-a. J Clin Pathol. 1990. PMID: 2318997 Free PMC article. No abstract available. - New spiral bacterium in the gastric mucosa: Gastrospirillum hominis.
Logan RP, Polson RJ, Baron JH, Walker MM. Logan RP, et al. J Clin Pathol. 1990 Mar;43(3):262-3. doi: 10.1136/jcp.43.3.262-b. J Clin Pathol. 1990. PMID: 2332525 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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