Microbiology of Campylobacter pylori
Mai, U.; Opferkuch, W.
Leber Magen Darm 18(1): 31-37
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8622 PMID: 3280931 Document Number: 307548
Campylobycter pylori is a hitherto unknown spiral bacterium. It is implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic antral type B gastritis and also of duodenal and gastric ulcer disease. However, its causal role has not yet been unequivocally established. Taxonomically, C. pylori appears to belong to a genus different from genuine campylobacters, but a precise classification is likewise lacking. The in vitro sensitivity analyses of various antibiotics are complicated by a number of technical difficulties. This is one of the reasons, that results of in vivo eradication trails have to be interpreted with considerable caution.