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Chattopadhyay S, Choudhary M, Singh H. Carbon dots and graphene oxide based FRET immunosensor for sensitive detection of Helicobacter pylori. Anal Biochem 2022; 654:114801. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2022.114801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori biofilms are disrupted by nanostructured lipid carriers: A path to eradication? J Control Release 2022; 348:489-498. [PMID: 35654169 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bacterial biofilms account for 80% of all chronic infections, with cells being up to 1000 times more resistant to antibiotics than their planktonic counterparts. The recently discovered ability of Helicobacter pylori to form biofilms once again highlights why this bacterium is one of the most successful human pathogens. The current treatments failure rate reaches 40% of cases, emphasizing that new therapeutic options are a pressing need. Nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC), with and without docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), were very effective against H. pylori planktonic cells but their effect on H. pylori biofilms was unknown. Here, DHA-loaded NLC (DHA-NLC) and NLC without any drug (blank NLC) were tested on an optimized H. pylori in vitro floating mature biofilm model. DHA-NLC and blank NLC reduced the total biofilm biomass and had a bactericidal effect against both biofilm and planktonic bacteria in all the concentrations tested (0.125-2 mg/mL). DHA-NLC achieved biofilm biomass reduction in a concentration ~ 8 times lower than blank NLC (0.125 vs 1 mg/mL, respectively). Both NLC were bactericidal at the lowest concentration tested (0.125 mg/mL) although with different efficiency, i.e. a decrease of ∼6 log10 for DHA-NLC and ∼5 log10 for blank NLC. In addition, the equivalent amount of free DHA (3.1 μM) only reduced bacterial viability in ∼2 log10, demonstrating the synergistic effect of DHA and NLC in the treatment of H. pylori biofilms. Nevertheless, although viable bacteria were not detected by colony forming unit (CFU) counting after treatment with both NLC, confocal microscopy imaging highlighted that some H. pylori cells remained alive. In addition, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis confirmed an increase in bacteria with a coccoid morphology after treatment, suggesting a transition to a viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state. Altogether, it is herein established that NLC, even without any drug, are promising for the management of H. pylori bacteria organized in biofilms, opening new perspectives for the eradication of this gastric pathogen.
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Milk and dairy products as a possible source of environmental transmission of Helicobacter pylori. ACTA VET BRNO 2021. [DOI: 10.2754/avb202190030365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is found worldwide, and it is estimated that more than 50% of the population is infected. The presence of H. pylori in the gastrointestinal tract is associated with the occurrence of serious human diseases such as chronic gastritis, duodenal ulcer or gastric cancer. Therefore, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified H. pylori as a Group 1 carcinogen in 1994. The routes of H. pylori transmission are not yet precisely known. Many authors agree that humans may become infected by H. pylori through foodstuffs. Milk is one of the basic foods of people of all age categories. Helicobacter pylori has been isolated from milk derived from various livestock, such as cows, sheep, goat, camel or buffalo milk. This review research paper indicates that H. pylori may be present in different types of foods and suggests that consumption of milk and selected dairy products may be a source of H. pylori infection for humans.
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Moghadam MT, Chegini Z, Norouzi A, Dousari AS, Shariati A. Three-Decade Failure to the Eradication of Refractory Helicobacter pylori Infection and Recent Efforts to Eradicate the Infection. Curr Pharm Biotechnol 2021; 22:945-959. [PMID: 32767919 DOI: 10.2174/1389201021666200807110849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori causes dangerous and deadly diseases such as gastric cancer and duodenal ulcers. Eradication and treatment of this bacterium are very important due to the deadly diseases caused by H. pylori and the high cost of treatment for countries. METHODS Thus, we present a complete list of the most important causes of failure in the treatment and eradication of H. pylori, and address new therapeutic methods that may be effective in controlling this bacterium in the future. RESULTS Many efforts have been made to control and eradicate this bacterium over the years, but no success has been achieved since its eradication is a complex process affected by the bacterial properties and host factors. Previous studies have shown that various factors are involved in the failure to eradicate H. pylori, such as new genotypes of the bacterium with higher pathogenicity, inappropriate patient cooperation, mutations, biofilm formation and dormant forms that cause antibiotic resistance, acidic stomach pH, high bacterial load, smoking, immunosuppressive features and intracellular occurrence of H. pylori. On the other hand, recent studies reported that the use of probiotics, nanoparticles, antimicrobial peptides, natural product and vaccines can be helpful in the treatment and eradication of H. pylori infections. CONCLUSION Eradication of H. pylori is crucial for the treatment of important diseases such as gastric cancer. Therefore, it seems that identifying the failure causes of treating this bacterium can be helpful in controlling the infections. Besides, further studies on new therapeutic strategies may help eradicate H. pylori in the future.
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- Majid T Moghadam
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Quaglia NC, Dambrosio A. Helicobacter pylori: A foodborne pathogen? World J Gastroenterol 2018; 24:3472-3487. [PMID: 30131654 PMCID: PMC6102504 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i31.3472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is an organism that is widespread in the human population and is sometimes responsible for some of the most common chronic clinical disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract in humans, such as chronic-active gastritis, duodenal and gastric ulcer disease, low-grade B-cell mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the stomach, and gastric adenocarcinoma, which is the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide. The routes of infection have not yet been firmly established, and different routes of transmission have been suggested, although the most commonly accepted hypothesis is that infection takes place through the faecal-oral route and that contaminated water and foods might play an important role in transmission of the microorganism to humans. Furthermore, several authors have considered H. pylori to be a foodborne pathogen because of some of its microbiological and epidemiological characteristics. H. pylori has been detected in drinking water, seawater, vegetables and foods of animal origin. H. pylori survives in complex foodstuffs such as milk, vegetables and ready-to-eat foods. This review article presents an overview of the present knowledge on the microbiological aspects in terms of phenotypic characteristics and growth requirements of H. pylori, focusing on the potential role that foodstuffs and water may play in the transmission of the pathogen to humans and the methods successfully used for the detection of this microorganism in foodstuffs and water.
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- Nicoletta C Quaglia
- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Veterinary Clinic and Animal Production, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Valenzano 70010, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Veterinary Clinic and Animal Production, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Valenzano 70010, Italy
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Bai X, Xi C, Wu J. Survival of Helicobacter pylori in the wastewater treatment process and the receiving river in Michigan, USA. JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH 2016; 14:692-698. [PMID: 27441864 DOI: 10.2166/wh.2016.259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Contaminated water may play a key role in the transmission of Helicobacter pylori, resulting in gastrointestinal diseases in humans. The wastewater treatment process is an important barrier to control the transmission of H. pylori. However, the presence and viability of H. pylori in the treatment process is not well known. In this paper, the real colony morphology of H. pylori was confirmed by two types of culture media. The survival of H. pylori through the tertiary wastewater treatment process, especially UV disinfection, and in the receiving Huron River in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was investigated by plates cultivation, regular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays and quantitative real-time PCR from DNA. The results demonstrated that H. pylori was not only present, but also viable in all processed wastewater samples in the Ann Arbor wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). H. pylori can be found in a higher concentration in the receiving Huron River. There are many kinds of antibiotic- and UV-resistant bacteria, including H. pylori, in the final effluent of Ann Arbor WWTP.
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- Xiaohui Bai
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Ranjbar R, Khamesipour F, Jonaidi-Jafari N, Rahimi E. Helicobacter pylori isolated from Iranian drinking water: vacA, cagA, iceA, oipA and babA2 genotype status and antimicrobial resistance properties. FEBS Open Bio 2016; 6:433-41. [PMID: 27419049 PMCID: PMC4856422 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Revised: 03/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/10/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Despite the clinical importance of Helicobacter pylori in human gastric disorders, its exact route of transmission is still uncertain. Based on the contentious hypothesis and findings of previous investigations, water may play an important role in the transmission of H. pylori to humans. This study was carried out to investigate the vacA, cagA, oipA, iceA and babA2 genotype status and antimicrobial resistance properties of H. pylori strains isolated from the drinking water samples of four major provinces in Iran. A total of 400 drinking water samples were cultured and tested. H. pylori-positive strains were analyzed for the presence of various genotypes and antimicrobial resistance. Twelve of 400 (3%) water samples were positive for H. pylori. Samples from Isfahan province had the highest, while those from Shiraz had the lowest prevalence of H. pylori. The seasonal distribution was also determined, with the highest prevalence of bacteria in the summer season (7.36%). H. pylori strains harbored the highest levels of resistance against ampicillin (100%), erythromycin (75%), clarithromycin (75%), and trimethoprim (58.3%). The most commonly detected genotypes were vacAs1a (83.3%), vacAm1a (66.6%), vacAs2 (50%) and cagA (50%). The presence of similar genotypes in the H. pylori strains of drinking water and those of human clinical samples suggest that contaminated water maybe the sources of bacteria. Spiramycin and furazolidone are suggested for the treatment of cases of H. pylori infection.
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- Reza Ranjbar
- Molecular Biology Research Center Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences Sabzevar Iran
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- Department of Food Hygiene Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Shahrekord Branch Islamic Azad University Shahrekord Iran
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Holman CB, Bachoon DS, Otero E, Ramsubhag A. Detection of Helicobacter pylori in the coastal waters of Georgia, Puerto Rico and Trinidad. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2014; 79:354-8. [PMID: 24332757 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2013] [Revised: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Fecal pollution in the coastal marine environments was assessed at eleven sampling locations along the Georgia coast and Trinidad, and nine sites from Puerto-Rico. Membrane filtration (EPA method 1604 and method 1600) was utilized for Escherichia coli and enterococci enumeration at each location. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) amplification of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene was used to determine the presence of the Helicobacter pylori in marine samples. There was no significant correlation between the levels of E. coli, enterococci and H. pylori in these water samples. H. pylori was detected at four of the 31 locations sampled; Oak Grove Island and Village Creek Landing in Georgia, Maracas river in Trinidad, and Ceiba Creek in Puerto Rico. The study confirms the potential public health risk to humans due to the widespread distribution of H. pylori in subtropical and tropical costal marine waters.
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- Chelsea B Holman
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College and State University, Campus Box 81, Milledgeville, GA 31061-0490, USA
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College and State University, Campus Box 81, Milledgeville, GA 31061-0490, USA.
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, P.O. Box 9000, Mayaguez 00681, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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Detection of Helicobacter pylori in city water, dental units' water, and bottled mineral water in Isfahan, Iran. ScientificWorldJournal 2013; 2013:280510. [PMID: 23606812 PMCID: PMC3628665 DOI: 10.1155/2013/280510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori infection in human is one of the most common infections worldwide. However, the origin and transmission of this bacterium has not been clearly explained. One of the suggested theories is transmission via water. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence rate of H. pylori in tap water, dental units' water, and bottled mineral water in Iran. In the present study, totally 200 water samples were collected in Isfahan province and tested for H. pylori by cultural method and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) by the detection of the ureC (glmM) gene. Using cultural method totally 5 cultures were positive. Two out of 50 tap water samples (4%), 2 out of 35 dental units' water (5.8%) samples, and 1 out of 40 (2.5%) from water cooler in public places were found to be contaminated with H. pylori. H. pylori ureC gene was detected in 14 (7%) of water samples including 5 tap water (10%), 4 dental units' water (11.4%), 1 refrigerated water with filtration, and 4 (10%) water cooler in public places samples. This may be due to the coccoid form of bacteria which is detected by PCR method.
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Gomes BC, Franco BDGDM, De Martinis ECP. Microbiological Food Safety Issues in Brazil: Bacterial Pathogens. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2013; 10:197-205. [DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Bruna Carrer Gomes
- Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Departamento de Hidráulica e Saneamento, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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Rahimi E, Kheirabadi EK. Detection ofHelicobacter pyloriin Bovine, Buffalo, Camel, Ovine, and Caprine Milk in Iran. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2012; 9:453-6. [DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2011.1060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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- Ebrahim Rahimi
- Department of Food Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch, Shahrekord, Iran
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch, Shahrekord, Iran
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Guner A, Kav K, Tekinsen KK, Dogruer Y, Telli N. Survival of Helicobacter pylori in Turkish fermented sucuk and heat-treated sucuk during production. J Food Prot 2011; 74:2055-61. [PMID: 22186045 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-11-019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the survival of Helicobacter pylori during production of sucuk (Turkish fermented sausage). The sucuk mixture was inoculated with H. pylori ATCC 43504 to produce a final level in the mixture of ∼5 × 10(6) CFU/g. Samples in group I were fermented and dried traditionally at 22°C for 7 days. Samples in groups II and III were subjected to the traditional fermentation at 22°C for 3 days. After fermentation, group II samples were fermented and dried at 35°C for 4 days and group III samples were treated with heat until the core temperature reached 65°C. On the first day of fermentation, a 1-log reduction in H. pylori was found in all groups. The H. pylori levels in all groups increased by about 1 log CFU/g by the third day of fermentation and reached the inoculation level. On the fifth and seventh days of fermentation, no appreciable change occurred in the level of H. pylori in groups I and II. After heat treatment, the H. pylori levels were below the level of detection. These results suggest that H. pylori can grow during sucuk fermentation and that a heat treatment should be used during sucuk processing to destroy H. pylori.
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- Ahmet Guner
- Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.
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Gião MS, Azevedo NF, Wilks SA, Vieira MJ, Keevil CW. Interaction of Legionella pneumophila and Helicobacter pylori with bacterial species isolated from drinking water biofilms. BMC Microbiol 2011; 11:57. [PMID: 21418578 PMCID: PMC3068934 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2010] [Accepted: 03/18/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND It is well established that Legionella pneumophila is a waterborne pathogen; by contrast, the mode of Helicobacter pylori transmission remains unknown but water seems to play an important role. This work aims to study the influence of five microorganisms isolated from drinking water biofilms on the survival and integration of both of these pathogens into biofilms. RESULTS Firstly, both pathogens were studied for auto- and co-aggregation with the species isolated from drinking water; subsequently the formation of mono and dual-species biofilms by L. pneumophila or H. pylori with the same microorganisms was investigated. Neither auto- nor co-aggregation was observed between the microorganisms tested. For biofilm studies, sessile cells were quantified in terms of total cells by SYTO 9 staining, viable L. pneumophila or H. pylori cells were quantified using 16 S rRNA-specific peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probes and cultivable cells by standard culture techniques. Acidovorax sp. and Sphingomonas sp. appeared to have an antagonistic effect on L. pneumophila cultivability but not on the viability (as assessed by rRNA content using the PNA probe), possibly leading to the formation of viable but noncultivable (VBNC) cells, whereas Mycobacterium chelonae increased the cultivability of this pathogen. The results obtained for H. pylori showed that M. chelonae and Sphingomonas sp. help this pathogen to maintain cultivability for at least 24 hours. CONCLUSIONS It appears that M. chelonae may have an important role in the survival of both pathogens in drinking water. This work also suggests that the presence of some microorganisms can decrease the cultivability of L. pneumophila but not the viability which indicates that the presence of autochthonous microorganisms can lead to misleading results when the safety of water is assessed by cultivable methods alone.
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- Maria S Gião
- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, Highfield Campus, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
- Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, Highfield Campus, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
- Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
- LEPAE, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, Highfield Campus, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, Highfield Campus, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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Vale FF, Vítor JMB. Transmission pathway of Helicobacter pylori: does food play a role in rural and urban areas? Int J Food Microbiol 2010; 138:1-12. [PMID: 20122750 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2009] [Revised: 01/13/2010] [Accepted: 01/14/2010] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative microaerophilic bacterium that has colonized the human gastric mucosa. This infection is very common and affects more than half of the human population. The prevalence is however unbalanced between rural developing areas (more than 80%) and urban developed areas (less than 40%). H. pylori is responsible for several pathologies, such as gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric cancer but its transmission pathway is still not clear. The risk factors for H. pylori infection include poor social and economic development; poor hygienic practices; absence of hygienic drinking water; and unsanitary prepared food. There is evidence supporting a gastro-oral, oral-oral and faecal-oral transmission, but no predominant mechanism of transmission has been yet identified. Transmission may occur in a vertical mode (e.g. from parents to child) or in a horizontal mode (across individuals or from environmental contamination). In either case, the involvement of water and food cannot be excluded as vehicles or sources of infection. Indirect evidence of presence of H. pylori in water and food, namely the detection of its DNA and survival studies after artificial contamination of food and water has been described. This paper reviews data both favourable and against the role of water and food in the transmission of H. pylori, exploring their role as a potential transmission vehicle for person-to-person and food-chain transmission. The likelihood of the transmission pathway in developing rural and developed urban areas appears to be different. In developed areas, person-to-person transmission within families appears to be dominant, while in the rural developing areas the transmission pathway appears to be more complex. In this later case, the transmission by contaminated food, water, or via intensive contact between infants and non-parental caretakers may have a greater influence than within-family transmission.
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- F F Vale
- Faculty of Engineering Catholic University of Portugal, Estrada Octávio Pato, Rio de Mouro, Portugal.
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Quaglia N, Dambrosio A, Normanno G, Celano G. Evaluation of a Nested-PCR assay based on the phosphoglucosamine mutase gene (glmM) for the detection of Helicobacter pylori from raw milk. Food Control 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Gião MS, Azevedo NF, Wilks SA, Vieira MJ, Keevil CW. Persistence of Helicobacter pylori in heterotrophic drinking-water biofilms. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008; 74:5898-904. [PMID: 18676697 PMCID: PMC2565978 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00827-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2008] [Accepted: 07/28/2008] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Although the route of transmission of Helicobacter pylori remains unknown, drinking water has been considered a possible transmission vector. It has been shown previously that, in water, biofilms are a protective niche for several pathogens, protecting them from stressful conditions, such as low carbon concentration, shear stress, and less-than-optimal temperatures. In this work, the influence of these three parameters on the persistence and cultivability of H. pylori in drinking-water biofilms was studied. Autochthonous biofilm consortia were formed in a two-stage chemostat system and then inoculated with the pathogen. Total numbers of H. pylori cells were determined by microscopy using a specific H. pylori 16S rRNA peptide nucleic acid probe, whereas cultivable cells were assessed by standard plating onto selective H. pylori medium. Cultivable H. pylori could not be detected at any time point, but the ability of H. pylori cells to incorporate, undergo morphological transformations, persist, and even agglomerate in biofilms for at least 31 days without a noticeable decrease in the total cell number (on average, the concentration was between 1.54 x 10(6) and 2.25 x 10(6) cells cm(-2)) or in the intracellular rRNA content may indicate that the loss of cultivability was due to entry into a viable but noncultivable state. Unlike previous results obtained for pure-culture H. pylori biofilms, shear stress did not negatively influence the numbers of H. pylori cells attached, suggesting that the autochthonous aquatic bacteria have an important role in retaining this pathogen in the sessile state, possibly by providing suitable microaerophilic environments or linking biomolecules to which the pathogen adheres. Therefore, biofilms appear to provide not only a safe haven for H. pylori but also a concentration mechanism so that subsequent sloughing releases a concentrated bolus of cells that might be infectious and that could escape routine grab sample microbiological analyses and be a cause of concern for public health.
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- M S Gião
- Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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High occurrence of Helicobacter pylori in raw goat, sheep and cow milk inferred by glmM gene: a risk of food-borne infection? Int J Food Microbiol 2008; 124:43-7. [PMID: 18372071 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2007] [Revised: 01/27/2008] [Accepted: 02/14/2008] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori is an organism widespread in humans and sometimes responsible for serious illnesses, such as gastric and duodenal ulcers, MALToma and even gastric cancer. It has been hypothesized that the infection route by H. pylori involves multiple pathways including food-borne transmission, as the microorganism has been detected from foods such as sheep and cow milk. This work reports the results of a survey conducted in order to investigate the presence of H. pylori in raw goat, sheep and cow milk produced in Southern Italy, employing a Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction (Nested-PCR) assay for the detection of the phosphoglucosamine mutase gene (glmM), as screening method followed by conventional bacteriological isolation. Out of the 400 raw milk samples examined, 139 (34.7%) resulted positive for the presence of glmM gene, but no strains were isolated. In this work H. pylori DNA has been firstly detected from 41 (25.6%) raw goat milk samples. The results deserve further investigations on the contamination source/s of the milk samples and on the major impact that it may have on consumers.
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Azevedo NF, Guimarães N, Figueiredo C, Keevil CW, Vieira MJ. A new model for the transmission of Helicobacter pylori: role of environmental reservoirs as gene pools to increase strain diversity. Crit Rev Microbiol 2007; 33:157-69. [PMID: 17653985 DOI: 10.1080/10408410701451922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Twenty-five years after the first successful cultivation and isolation of Helicobacter pylori, the scientific community is still struggling to understand the way(s) this bacterium is transmitted among the human population. Here, both epidemiologic and microbiologic evidence addressing this matter is reviewed and explored to conclude that most H. pylori successful colonizations are derived from direct person-to-person contact and that even though exposure of humans to H. pylori from environmental sources is a very common event, in most occasions the host is able to fight off infection. In addition, under a new model developed here, we propose that the near elimination of environmental reservoirs is the main responsible for the lower prevalence observed in the more industrialized countries by acting on two levels: by decreasing the number of direct infections and by diminishing the number of intraspecies recombination events for producing strain variation within H. pylori.
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- N F Azevedo
- Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal.
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Quaglia NC, Dambrosio A, Normanno G, Parisi A, Firinu A, Lorusso V, Celano GV. Survival of Helicobacter pylori in artificially contaminated ultrahigh temperature and pasteurized milk. Food Microbiol 2006; 24:296-300. [PMID: 17188208 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2006.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2006] [Revised: 04/13/2006] [Accepted: 04/13/2006] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a very important bacterial pathogen of humans which may cause gastrointestinal illnesses ranging from gastric and duodenal ulcers to neoplastic diseases such as MALToma and gastric cancer. Transmission via contaminated food is still uncertain but several authors believe this can realistically occur and milk may act as a vehicle of infection. This paper reports the results of H. pylori survival trials in pasteurized and ultrahigh temperature (UHT) milks artificially contaminated and aerobically stored at 4 degrees C. The results obtained showed that the four strains used in this study (H. pylori nat 18-19-20 and H. pylori ATCC 43504), had a progressive reduction in bacterial load with a median survival of 9 days in pasteurized milk and 12 days in UHT milk, with approximate average of initial inoculum of 10(5) and 10(6)cfu/ml, respectively. These findings are very important to clarify the route of transmission of H. pylori to humans via food and for implementation of a correct risk analysis for food safety purposes.
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- N C Quaglia
- Department of Health and Animal Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Str. Prov. per Casamassima Km 3, 70010 Valenzano (Ba), Italy
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Hayes SL, White KM, Rodgers MR. Assessment of the effectiveness of low-pressure UV light for inactivation of Helicobacter pylori. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:3763-5. [PMID: 16672531 PMCID: PMC1472312 DOI: 10.1128/aem.72.5.3763-3765.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Three strains of Helicobacter pylori were exposed to UV light from a low-pressure source to determine log inactivation versus applied fluence. Results indicate that H. pylori is readily inactivated at UV fluences typically used in water treatment regimens. Greater than 4-log(10) inactivation was demonstrated on all three strains at fluences of less than 8 mJ cm(-2).
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- Samuel L Hayes
- United States Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., MS387, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
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Quaglia NC, Normanno G, Dambrosio A, Celano GV, Parisi A, Firinu A, Buonavoglia C. Multiplex-touchdown PCR assay for the detection and genotyping of Helicobacter pylori from artificially contaminated sheep milk. J Food Prot 2005; 68:2136-9. [PMID: 16245719 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-68.10.2136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori (Hp) is an organism commonly present worldwide in the human population, sometimes causing serious illnesses such as duodenal and gastric ulcers, adenocarcinoma of the stomach, and low-grade B-cell mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the stomach. This article describes a multiplex-touchdown PCR method for the identification and genotyping (vacA-s1/m1, sl/m2, and s2/m2-and cagA genes) of Hp directly from sheep milk artificially contaminated with Hp strains from human gastric biopsies and with Hp ATCC 43504. The strains from humans carried sl/m2 cagA+ and s2/m2 cagA allelic combinations, while the ATCC strains carried an sl/ml cagA+ allelic combination. The technique showed a sensitivity of 15 CFU/ml for species identification and of 1,500 CFU/ml for the detection of genes encoding for VacA and CagA. It has proven to be specific and rapid, and the authors suggest that it be used as a rapid screening method to ensure that sheep milk is uncontaminated with this organism.
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- N C Quaglia
- Department of Health and Animal Welfare-Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Str. Prov. per Casamassima Km 3, 70010 Valenzano (Ba), Italy
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