Liver disease and Helicobacter

Table 1 Helicobacter species and their hosts

Species	Hosts	Primary site	Other sites
H. pylort*	Human, macaque, cat	Stomach
H. mustelae	Ferret, mink	Stomach
H. felis*	Cat, dog	Stomach
H. bizzozeronii*	Dog, human	Stomach
H. helimannii△*	Dog, cat, human, monkey	Stomach
H. nemestrinae	Pig-tailed macaque	Stomach
H. suis△	Swine	Stomach
H. acinonyx	Cheetah	Stomach
"H. rappini"*	Sheep, dog, human, mice	Intestine	Liver (sheep), stomach
H. canis*	Dog, human	Intestine	Liver (dog)
H. hepaticus	Mice	Intestine	Liver
H. bilis	Mice, dog	Intestine	Liver, stomach (dog)
H. trogontum	Rat	Intestine
H. muridarum	Mice, rat	Intestine	Stomach (mich)
H. cinaedi*	Human, hamster	Intestine
H. fennelliae	Human	Intestine
H. pullorum*	Chicken, human	Intestine	Liver (chicken)
H. pametensis	Bird, swine	Intestine
H. cholecystus	Hamsters	Intestine

^*Some data suggest zoonotic potential;

^△Closely related, may be same species