| primary isolation and detection of helicobacter pylori from dyspeptic patients: a simple, rapid method. | the study aimed to develop a rapid and simple method for the primary isolation and detection of helicobacter pylori from dyspeptic patients. mucosal antral biopsy specimens were obtained from 136 consecutive dyspeptic patients diagnosed with peptic ulcer by endoscopy at basra general hospital, iraq. from histopathological examination of biopsies, h. pylori was detected in 81 (59.6%) peptic ulcer patients. for bacterial culture, specimens were cultured in parallel on 2 media: the non-selective cl ... | 2008 | 18561717 |
| isolation and identification of helicobacter pylori from drinking water in basra governorate, iraq. | the mode of the transmission of helicobacterpylori infection remains poorly understood. a total of 198 samples of drinking water from 22 districts of basra governorate were collected during the period october 2006 to july 2007. the concentration of residual chlorine was measured and the numbers of total and faecal coliforms were counted. on modified columbia urea agar, 469 bacterial cultures were obtained, of which 173 isolates were identified. only 14 isolates were helicobacter spp., of which 1 ... | 2010 | 21218716 |