Relationship between the severity of hepatitis C virus-related liver disease and the presence of Helicobacter species in the liver: A prospective study

Table 3 Results of H pylori serology, urea breath test (UBT) and species identification in the liver, for the 16 patients positive for Helicobacter genus-specific PCR in the liver

Groups	Patient No.	H pylori infection		H pylori PCR				H. pullorum PCR	Conclusion
		Serology	UBT	23S rDNA	ureA	26 kDa	glmM	cdtB
Group 1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Not identified
(Hepatitis)	2	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	“H. pullorum”-like1
	3	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	“H pylori”-like1
	4	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	“H pylori”-like
	5	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	“H pylori”-like1
	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Not identified
	7	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	“H pylori”-like1
Group 2	8	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	“H pylori”-like1
(Cirrhosis)	9	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	“H pylori”-like1
	10	ND	-	+	+	+	+	-	“H pylori”-like
	11	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	“H pylori”-like
	12	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	“H. pullorum”-like
Group 3	13	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	“H pylori”-like
(Controls)	14	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	“H pylori”-like1
	15	+	ND	-	+	+	-	-	“H pylori”-like
	16	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	“H pylori”-like

¹Also confirmed by 16S rDNA sequence; ND: Not determined. The 16S rRNA amplified primer-less sequences of approximate 1370 bp for biopsies 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 14 were submitted to GenBank and assigned accession numbers DQ062210 to DQ062216, respectively.