Helicobacter pullorum infections are underestimated due to phenotypic similarities between the genera Helicobacter and Campylobacter. The aim of this work was to estimate the Helicobacter pullorum prevalence in 209 caecum contents collected from Italian broilers reared in 33 intensive and 9 extensive farms by using a Steele-McDermott membrane filter method modified. The isolate identifications ...

Since the isolation of Helicobacter pylori in humans, many new Helicobacter species have been isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of animals. Morphological, epidemiological and genotypic data strongly suggest the involvement of Helicobacter species from domestic animals in gastric (“H. heilmannii”), enteric (H. cinaedi, H. fennelliae, H. pullorum, “Flexispira rappini”) and hepatic disease ...

Bile-tolerant Helicobacter species such as Helicobacter pullorum, Helicobacter bilis, and Helicobacter hepaticus are associated with hepatic disorders in animals and may be involved in the pathogenesis of chronic liver diseases (CLD) in humans. Antibody responses to cell surface proteins of H. pullorum, H. bilis, and H. hepaticus in serum samples from patients with CLD, a randomized population ...

The objective of the study was to investigate the occurrence of H. pullorum in chicken hens’ eggs and to determine their in vitro susceptibility to various antimicrobial agents. A total of 300 fresh commercial chicken eggs of Balady native breed and poultry farms (PF) were collected from both Assiut and Qena Governorates in Egypt. Every five eggs represented one sample (mixed contents of five e...

the presence of helicobacter pullorum in intestinal tract of broiler chickens may be a potential risk for human health. in this study, a total of 100 caecal samples of broilers carcasses from 20 flocks at a poultry abattoir in mashhad suburb were tested for the presence of h. pullorum using modified conventional culture method by combination of culturing on brucella sheep blood agar and a filte...

Helicobacter species have been isolated and cultured from both the gastric and enterohepatic niches of the gastrointestinal tract and are associated with a wide spectrum of diseases. Some members of the enterohepatic Helicobacter species (EHS), which include Helicobacter bilis, Helicobacter hepaticus and Helicobacter pullorum, are associated with chronic inflammatory and proliferative bowel inf...

The present study was to investigate the incidence of Helicobacter pullorum in caecum and colon of 96 broiler chickens. All samples were obtained from different commercial broiler slaughtering facilities in Marmara region of Turkey. The presence of H. pullorum was assessed by conventional culture method and specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. H. pullorum were not isolated from any of...

Various Helicobacter species have been isolated from the stomach, intestinal tract and liver of a variety of mammalian and some avian species, and Helicobacter DNA has been detected in human bile and liver samples. An immunoblot assay was established to analyse serum antibody responses to non-gastric Helicobacter species in patients with autoimmune liver diseases, in comparison with healthy ind...

In order to investigate the prevalence of some thermophilic Campylobacter (C. jejuni and C. coli) and enteric Helicobacter (H. pullorum and H. canadensis) in domestic and wild birds, a total of 278 bird caecal samples were analyzed over a 2 year period in North-Western Italy. Samples were collected from poultry raised in intensive farming at the slaughterhouse (n=102, group A) and in small scal...

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 p...