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| Kanou, Y.; Fukui, D.; Yamamoto, S.; Shibahara, T.; Ishikawa, Y.; Kadota, K. | |
| Gastroinvasive _Helicobacter_ infection in an ocelot | |
| 2005 Journal of Comparative Pathology (133): 281-285 | |
Highly invasive _Helicobacter_-like organisms were found in a 19-year-old female ocelot (_Leopardus pardalis_) with multiple ulcers in the fundic region of the stomach. The bacteria, resembling _Helicobacter heilmannii_, were located largely within canaliculi or in the cytosol of parietal cells. Except in the ulcerative lesions, parietal cells were hyperplastic, while chief cells and neck mucous cells were reduced in number. The term "gastroinvasive _Helicobacter_-like organism" was applied. It seems probable that this organism differs from other _Helicobacter_ organisms in pathogenicity, and possible that its behaviour _in vitro_ would help it to evade antibacterial treatment. |
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