RRC ID 17427
著者 Kusano K, Inokuchi A, Fujimoto K, Miyamoto H, Tokunaga O, Kuratomi Y, Shimazu R, Mori D, Yamasaki F, Kidera K, Tsunetomi K, Miyazaki J.
タイトル Coccoid Helicobacter pylori exists in the palatine tonsils of patients with IgA nephropathy.
ジャーナル J Gastroenterol
Abstract PURPOSE:Helicobacter pylori infection is acquired by oral ingestion. H. pylori has been reported to be present in the palatine tonsils. To clarify the route and mode of infection, the prevalence of tonsillar H. pylori was evaluated, and an attempt was made to culture tonsillar H. pylori.
METHODS:In a prospective study, 55 patients with recurrent pharyngotonsillitis or IgA nephropathy underwent a tonsillectomy. The carbon 13-urea breath test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of H. pylori IgG antibodies in the serum were performed. Tonsillar H. pylori was cultured under conventional culture conditions for gastric H. pylori with or without the following shock methods; heat shock, hydrogen-peroxide-degrading compounds, or parasitizing amoebae. Immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy using antibodies against H. pylori and cytotoxin-associated antigen A were used to identify tonsillar H. pylori.
RESULTS:H. pylori in the coccoid form was present in tonsillar crypts. Of 55 patients, 43 (78.2%) had tonsillar H. pylori, and 15 (27.3%) were infected with gastric H. pylori. All patients with gastric H. pylori also had tonsillar H. pylori (p < 0.01). Cytotoxin-associated antigen A was observed in 38 (88.4%) of 43 tonsillar H. pylori. Tonsillar H. pylori could not be cultured in any culture conditions. All patients with IgA nephropathy had tonsillar H. pylori (p < 0.01).
CONCLUSIONS:The present research might provide some insight into clarifying the route and mode of H. pylori infection. Our findings may indicate that tonsillar H. pylori is one of the antigens causative of IgAN.
巻・号 45(4)
ページ 406-12
公開日 2010-4-1
DOI 10.1007/s00535-009-0169-9
PMID 19997853
MeSH Adolescent Adult Aged Bacteriological Techniques Breath Tests / methods Child Child, Preschool Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Glomerulonephritis, IGA / complications* Glomerulonephritis, IGA / microbiology Helicobacter Infections / complications* Helicobacter Infections / epidemiology Helicobacter Infections / microbiology Helicobacter pylori / isolation & purification* Humans Male Microscopy, Immunoelectron Middle Aged Palatine Tonsil / microbiology* Palatine Tonsil / pathology Pharyngitis / complications Pharyngitis / microbiology Prevalence Prospective Studies Recurrence Tonsillectomy / methods Tonsillitis / complications Tonsillitis / microbiology Tonsillitis / surgery Young Adult
IF 6.132
引用数 26
WOS 分野 GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
リソース情報
一般微生物 JCM 7653