{"title":"Prospective Multicenter Surveillance of Non–H. pylori Helicobacter Infections during Medical Checkups, Japan, 2022","authors":"Kengo Tokunaga, Emiko Rimbara, Toshihisa Tsukadaira, Katsuhiro Mabe, Koji Yahara, Hidekazu Suzuki, Tadashi Shimoyama, Mitsushige Sugimoto, Tadayoshi Okimoto, Hidenori Matsui, Masato Suzuki, Keigo Shibayama, Hiroyoshi Ota, Kazunari Murakami, Mototsugu Kato","doi":"10.3201/eid3106.241315","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>To evaluate non–<em>H. pylori Helicobacter</em> (NHPH) infections in Japan, we enrolled 673 consecutive patients who underwent gastric endoscopy during annual medical checkups at 4 hospitals during May–August 2022. We collected intragastric fluid and serum samples to detect NHPH infection by PCR and serologic tests. The prevalence of NHPH was 3% (20/673); 70% (14/20) of patients were infected with <em>H. suis</em> and 30% (6/20) with non–<em>H. suis</em> NHPH species. All 14 <em>H. suis</em>–infected patients were men and had a history of pork offal ingestion. Among non–<em>H. suis</em> NHPH-infected patients, 50% (3/6) owned pet cats, whereas only 22% (145/667) of other patients owned cats. Endoscopic evaluation revealed marbled crack-like gastritis was present in 93% (13/14) of <em>H. suis</em>–infected patients, a significantly higher prevalence than for <em>H. pylori</em>–infected (28.6%) and <em>H. pylori</em> eradication therapy (27.6%) groups. Pork offal ingestion and having pet cats increase risk for <em>Helicobacter</em> spp. infections.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3106.241315","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"IMMUNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
To evaluate non–H. pylori Helicobacter (NHPH) infections in Japan, we enrolled 673 consecutive patients who underwent gastric endoscopy during annual medical checkups at 4 hospitals during May–August 2022. We collected intragastric fluid and serum samples to detect NHPH infection by PCR and serologic tests. The prevalence of NHPH was 3% (20/673); 70% (14/20) of patients were infected with H. suis and 30% (6/20) with non–H. suis NHPH species. All 14 H. suis–infected patients were men and had a history of pork offal ingestion. Among non–H. suis NHPH-infected patients, 50% (3/6) owned pet cats, whereas only 22% (145/667) of other patients owned cats. Endoscopic evaluation revealed marbled crack-like gastritis was present in 93% (13/14) of H. suis–infected patients, a significantly higher prevalence than for H. pylori–infected (28.6%) and H. pylori eradication therapy (27.6%) groups. Pork offal ingestion and having pet cats increase risk for Helicobacter spp. infections.
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