Isolation of Helicobacter Pylori From Saliva
Document Type
Note
Publication Date
1-1-1993
Description
Helicobacter pylori was grown in low numbers from the saliva of one of nine patients who were positive for gastric H. pylori. The saliva-derived isolate from this patient was identical to the antral biopsy-derived isolate from the same patient and differed from isolates cultured from the antral biopsies of all other patients by soluble-protein electrophoresis, restriction endonuclease DNA analysis, and Southern blot hybridization. This is the first observation, to our knowledge, of the recovery of viable H. pylori from saliva.
Citation Information
Ferguson, D. A.; Li, C.; Patel, N. R.; Mayberry, W. R.; Chi, D. S.; and Thomas, E.. 1993. Isolation of Helicobacter Pylori From Saliva. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Vol.31(10). 2802-2804. https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.31.10.2802-2804.1993 PMID: 8253990 ISSN: 0095-1137