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1: Arch Pediatr. 2009 Mar 18. [Epub ahead of print] Links [Gastritis caused by Helicobacter heilmannii probably transmitted from dog to child.] [Article in French] Duquenoy A, Le Luyer B.   http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VKK-4VW4V6S-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=30cdac4b628a92bb413aa4f05d5d56dc Département de pédiatrie, groupe hospitalier du Havre, 55, Bis rue Gustave-Flaubert, 76083 Le Havre cedex, France. Gastric infection with Helicobacter heilmannii is rare but is known to be associated with chronic active gastritis, peptic ulcer, and low-grade mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma in humans. In contrast to H. pylori, various H. heilmannii species colonize the stomachs of domestic animals, which might be a reservoir for transmission to humans. We report the case of a 12-year-old boy presenting with chronic gastritis caused by H. heilmannii. Endoscopic examination reveals H. heilmannii-like infection on biopsy samples in his two pet dogs. Sequencing of the 16S and 23S ribosomal DNA by PCR was used to compare the H. heilmannii-like bacterial samples isolated in the boy and his dogs. These DNA amplification methods suggest that the boy was infected by his pet dogs (zoonosis). Our patient was cured by treatment with proton-pump inhibitor and antibiotics. Endoscopic follow-up of the boy showed a complete cure of gastritis and eradication of the bacterium. PMID: 19303265 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Related Articles ·         Specific detection and prevalence of Helicobacter heilmannii-like organisms in the human gastric mucosa by fluorescent in situ hybridization and partial 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing. [J Clin Microbiol. 2001] ·         Helicobacter heilmannii-associated primary gastric low-grade MALT lymphoma: complete remission after curing the infection. [Gastroenterology. 2000] ·         Helicobacter heilmannii gastritis: association with acid peptic diseases and comparison with Helicobacter pylori gastritis. [Mod Pathol. 1999] ·         ReviewHelicobacter heilmannii gastritis: a case study with review of literature. [Am J Surg Pathol. 2005] ·         ReviewHelicobacter heilmannii infection in a child after successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori: case report and review of literature. [J Gastroenterol. 2005] » See All...