Table 2.
Patient group | Helicobacter PCR | Gut bacteria PCR | Sequencing results (No. of samples) |
Acute cholecystitis | 4/50 (8) | 0/50 (0) | H. pylori (1) |
H. pullorum (3) | |||
Chronic cholecystitis | 3/50 (6) | 0/50 (0) | H. pullorum (3) |
Controls | 0/102 (0) | 0/102 (0) | - |
Results are shown as the number of positive patients and the number of all patients in the group followed by the percentage in parenthesis. PCR: Polymerase chain reaction; H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori; H. pullorum: Helicobacter pullorum.