Gastroenteritis associated with Helicobacter pullorum

Burnens, A.; Stanley, John R.; Morgenstern, Ruth; Nicolet, Jacques

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(94)90376-x

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“…Gastrointestinal colonization with H. pullorum has been confirmed in humans, poultry and, more recently, mice (Boutin et al, 2010;Stanley et al, 1994;Veijola et al, 2007). Our results confirmed the ability of H. pullorum to successfully colonize the gastrointestinal tract of BN rats.…”

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“…Helicobacter pullorum, an EHS, was first isolated by Stanley et al (1994) from the faeces of diarrhoeic humans and the intestinal contents and livers of chickens. The organism is suspected to cause vibrionic hepatitis in chickens.…”

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“…The organism is suspected to cause vibrionic hepatitis in chickens. Infection with this organism is most often associated with farmraised birds, including chickens, turkeys and guinea fowl (Nebbia et al, 2007;Stanley et al, 1994). In one report, H. pullorum was isolated from human faeces 3 months following the patients' initial presentation with diarrhoea (Steinbrueckner et al, 1997).…”

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“…In one report, H. pullorum was isolated from human faeces 3 months following the patients' initial presentation with diarrhoea (Steinbrueckner et al, 1997). In another case, H. pullorum was isolated from the faeces of a male with diarrhoea and elevated liver enzymes (Burnens et al, 1994). H. pullorum has also been identified by PCR in humans with inflammatory bowel disease, hepatitis, cholecystitis and hepatocelluar carcinoma (Castéra et al, 2006;Fox et al, 1998;Rocha et al, 2005;Veijola et al, 2007).…”

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Natural and experimental Helicobacter pullorum infection in Brown Norway rats

Cacioppo

Turk

Shen

et al. 2012

Journal of Medical Microbiology

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Helicobacter pullorum is an enterohepatic Helicobacter species (EHS) that was recently reported as a naturally acquired infection in mice. Faecal samples from 18 out of 20 Brown Norway (BN) rats, housed in the same barrier as the H. pullorum-infected mice, were positive for H. pullorum using species-specific PCR. In addition, we determined whether H. pullorum was able to persistently colonize the gastrointestinal tract and/or biliary tree and elicit tissue inflammation as well as a serum IgG response in BN rats. Six (four male, two female) 6-week-old, H. pullorumnegative BN rats were orally dosed with 4¾10 8 c.f.u. of H. pullorum every other day for a total of three doses. At 2 weeks post-infection, all rats were H. pullorum-positive by faecal PCR. Five out of the six BN rats remained H. pullorum-positive for the entire 30 week study. PCR analysis of tissue collected at necropsy confirmed that the colon and caecum were the primary sites of H. pullorum colonization. Rats that were persistently colonized by H. pullorum had a sustained H. pullorum-specific IgG response measured by ELISA. Intestinal or hepatic pathology associated with H. pullorum infection was not noted. To our knowledge, this is the first report documenting that rats can be persistently colonized with an EHS that also infects humans.

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confidence: 99%

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Natural and experimental Helicobacter pullorum infection in Brown Norway rats

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“…are also natural inhabitants of the intestinal tract of many animals and birds (Skirrow 1990;Park et al 1991;Skirrow 1994;Stern et al 1995). Helicobacter pullorum has been implicated in human diarrhoea and as a cause of vibrionic hepatitis in chickens (Burnens et al 1994(Burnens et al , 1996.…”

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Prevalence of campylobacters and arcobacters in ducks at the abattoir

Ridsdale

Atabay

Corry

1998

Journal of Applied Microbiology

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Ten duck carcasses, five from each of two different flocks, and four pairs of pooled duck caecal contents, each pair from a separate flock, were examined by a variety of techniques for arcobacters and campylobacters. Campylobacter coli, C. jejuni ssp. jejuni, C. upsaliensis, Arcobacter cryaerophilus and A. butzleri were isolated from duck caecal contents. Campylobacter coli, C. jejuni ssp. jejuni, A. cryaerophilus, A. butzleri and A. skirrowii were isolated from carcasses. The most effective methods for isolating these bacteria from carcasses involved selective enrichment in campylobacter enrichment broth, containing a cefoperazone, amphotericin, teicoplanin supplement, followed by plating onto modified charcoal cefoperazone deoxycholate agar (mCCDA), or plating onto non‐selective blood agar after filtration through a 0·65 μm pore size cellulose acetate filter. In contrast, recovery from caecal contents was most effective by direct plating onto mCCDA. API test strips performed poorly, failing to identify A. skirrowii or A. butzleri (which are not included in the scheme), or even many common campylobacters. The Preston biochemical characterization scheme was more helpful, though it did not distinguish between Arcobacter species. The species of most isolates of campylobacter, identified using the Preston scheme, was confirmed by the use of SDS‐PAGE of whole cell proteins and this technique was also used successfully to speciate arcobacters.

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