Difference between revisions of "Stomach"

*''Helicobacter pylori'':

**Usually have v-shape (seagull-like shape).   

***May have a curved shape (comma-like shape) or U-shape.<ref name=pmid21290743>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mobley | first1 = HLT. | last2 = Mendz | first2 = GL. | last3 = Hazell | first3 = SL. | last4 = Andersen | first4 = LP. | last5 = Wadström | first5 = T. | title = Basic Bacteriology and Culture | journal =  | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 21290743 | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2444/}} </ref>

*''Helicobacter heilmannii'':<ref name=pmid16224223 >{{Cite journal  | last1 = Singhal | first1 = AV. | last2 = Sepulveda | first2 = AR. | title = Helicobacter heilmannii gastritis: a case study with review of literature. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 29 | issue = 11 | pages = 1537-9 | month = Nov | year = 2005 | doi =  | PMID = 16224223 }}</ref>

**Corkscrew appearance.

*One needs to look at 400x magnification. Even at 400x they are possible to miss.

**Helicobacter are damn small. They are smaller than the nucleus of the gastric foveollar cell.

*Look for mucus - they preferentially reside there.

**This is usually close to the opening of the gastric pits.

*Helicobacter are found in groups. When you see several that are the same size and shape you can be sure they are real.

*Dirt - variable size.