RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Failure to detect Helicobacter pylori in nasal mucus in H pylori positive dyspeptic patients.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 1072
OP 1073
DO 10.1136/jcp.48.11.1072
VO 48
IS 11
A1 Cellini, L
A1 Allocati, N
A1 Dainelli, B
YR 1995
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/48/11/1072.abstract
AB Stomach biopsies and samples of nasal mucus were cultured in patients with dyspeptic symptoms who underwent endoscopy to evaluate the possible route of transmission of Helicobacter pylori (H pylori). 42 patients were examined. For each patient two biopsies from the stomach corpus and antrum were taken and, before endoscopy, one nasal swab was obtained. Biopsy samples were tested for urease test, microbiological culture, and histological examination. The nasal swab was processed for microbiological examination. H pylori was not found in the nasal mucus of any of the patients, including the 36 who had H pylori in gastric biopsies.