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Helicobacter sp. strain Mainz isolated from an AIDS patient with septic arthritis: case report and nonradioactive analysis of 16S rRNA sequence

T. WoelfelW. LudwigSucharit BhakdiP. JehnichenC. GriesMatthias HusmannG. Gerken

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AdultMaleMicrobiology (medical)Knee JointMolecular Sequence DataBiologyHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacterRNA Ribosomal 16SGenotypemedicineHumansTypingHelicobacterRibosomal DNAAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeArthritis InfectiousBase SequenceSequence Analysis RNAbiology.organism_classificationmedicine.disease16S ribosomal RNAVirologyPhenotypeBacteremiaSeptic arthritisResearch Article

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A campylobacter-like organism was isolated from an effusion of the left knee joint of an AIDS patient 2 weeks after bacteremia with a morphologically identical organism. Amplified genomic 16S rRNA sequences were analyzed by a nonradioactive blotting technique. The closest match was found with Helicobacter fenelliae (97.7% homology). Sequence data and phenotype suggest that the isolate may represent a so far unrecognized species of the genus Helicobacter.

https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.32.12.3037-3039.1994