| High occurrence of Helicobacter pylori in raw goat, sheep and cow milk inferred by glmM gene: a risk of food-borne infection? | |
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PMID: 18372071 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Helicobacter pylori is an organism widespread in humans and sometimes responsible for serious illnesses, such as gastric and duodenal ulcers, MALToma and even gastric cancer. It has been hypothesized that the infection route by H. pylori involves multiple pathways including food-borne transmission, as the microorganism has been detected from foods such as sheep and cow milk. This work reports the results of a survey conducted in order to investigate the presence of H. pylori in raw goat, sheep and cow milk produced in Southern Italy, employing a Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction (Nested-PCR) assay for the detection of the phosphoglucosamine mutase gene (glmM), as screening method followed by conventional bacteriological isolation. Out of the 400 raw milk samples examined, 139 (34.7%) resulted positive for the presence of glmM gene, but no strains were isolated. In this work H. pylori DNA has been firstly detected from 41 (25.6%) raw goat milk samples. The results deserve further investigations on the contamination source/s of the milk samples and on the major impact that it may have on consumers. |
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Authors:
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N C Quaglia; A Dambrosio; G Normanno; A Parisi; R Patrono; G Ranieri; A Rella; G V Celano |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2008-02-21 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: International journal of food microbiology Volume: 124 ISSN: 0168-1605 ISO Abbreviation: Int. J. Food Microbiol. Publication Date: 2008 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-05-13 Completed Date: 2008-08-04 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8412849 Medline TA: Int J Food Microbiol Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 43-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Health and Animal Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Strada prov. Per Casamassima Km 3, 70010 Valenzano (Bari) Italy. n.quaglia@libero.it <n.quaglia@libero.it> |
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Animals Cattle Colony Count, Microbial Consumer Product Safety* DNA, Bacterial / chemistry, genetics Food Contamination / analysis* Food Microbiology Goats Helicobacter Infections / transmission Helicobacter pylori / enzymology, genetics, isolation & purification* Humans Milk / microbiology* Phosphoglucomutase / genetics* Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods Sheep Species Specificity |
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0/DNA, Bacterial; EC 5.4.2.-/phosphoglucosamine mutase; EC 5.4.2.2/Phosphoglucomutase |
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