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. 1994 Dec;32(12):3037–3039. doi: 10.1128/jcm.32.12.3037-3039.1994

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

M Husmann 1, C Gries 1, P Jehnichen 1, T Woelfel 1, G Gerken 1, W Ludwig 1, S Bhakdi 1
PMCID: PMC264221  PMID: 7883895

Abstract

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.

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