Table 4.

Specific Helicobacter species detected by PCR in the different stomach compartments of the canine stomach

Specific PCR- Helicobacter spp. positive results	Gastric region (percent & number)
	Body	Antrum
	(n = 25)	(n = 26)
H. heilmannii-like	24.0 (6/25)	57.7 (15/26)
H. salomonis	44.0 (11/25)	7.7 (2/26)
H. felis	8.0 (2/25)	3.8 (1/26)
H. bizzozeronnii	4.0 (1/25)	11.5 (3/26)
H. felis + H. bizzozeronnii	4.0 (1/25)	3.8 (1/26)
H. heilmannii-like + H. salomonis	8.0 (2/25)	11.5 (3/26)
H. heilmannii-like + H. felis	4.0 (1/25)	3.8 (1/26)
H. felis + H. salomonis	4.0 (1/25)	0