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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2019; 11(03): 120-123
DOI: 10.4103/ijmbs.ijmbs_48_19
Pathology Corner

Coccoid Helicobacter pylori: An uncommon form of a common pathogen

Heidi Reinhard
1   Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohia
,
Mary Jarad
2   Department of Biological Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohia
,
Vanessa Ladd
1   Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohia
,
Samir Kahwash
1   Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohia
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Microscopic recognition remains a major component of diagnosing specific infectious agents or, at the minimum, an important first step in initiating a workup to confirm a specific infectious etiology. However, organisms are known to adapt in response to treatment, not only by developing resistance mechanisms but also undergoing major morphologic changes in some cases. Such morphologic adaptation can make them drastically different and hence difficult to recognize or characterize by an unwary examiner. The purpose of this article is to highlight a rare and unusual form of Helicobacter pylori referred to as coccoid H. pylori.

Key-words:

Antibiotic altered organisms - coccoid Helicobacter - Helicobacter heilmannii - Helicobacter pylori

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Eingereicht: 30. August 2019

Angenommen: 20. September 2019

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
07. Juli 2022

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