Molecular Characterization of the 16S rRNA Gene of Helicobacter fennelliae Isolated from Stools and Blood Cultures from Paediatric Patients in South Africa
Table 1
Clinical and demographic details of the H. fennelliae isolates from paediatric stool and blood cultures.
Isolate
Age (months)
Sex
Clinical details
Stool
Coisolates
399.90
13
Male
Mucoid diarrhoea
L
C.jj1
191.91
30
Female
Eosinophilia
F
None
199.91
1
Female
Diarrhoea
W
C.upsal
249.92
9
Female
Chronic diarrhoea
W
C.j doyl
327.92
48
Female
Asthmatic
F
C.upsal
346.92
30
Male
FTT
F
C.upsal
303.93
18
Female
Asthma
F
C.upsal
307.93
12
Female
Chronic diarrhoea
F
C.j doyl,
C.upsal
321.93
24
Female
Acute diarrhoea
L
C.upsal
355.93
31
Male
Loose stools
L
None
388.93
7
Male
Persistent diarrhoea
W
None
412.93
48
Male
Chronic diarrhoea
W
C.upsal
78.94
14
Female
Dysentery
L
C.jj1
95.94
14
Female
Chronic diarrhoea
L
C.conc
274.94
12
Male
Chronic diarrhoea
L
C.j doyl
283.94
6
Female
Chronic diarrhoea
L
None
296.94
7
Female
Diarrhoea and vomiting
W
None
334.94
?
Female
Blood culture
None
Pneumonia, septicaemia
36.95
24
Male
Periodic diarrhoea 2 months
L
Giardia
128.95
14
Male
Prolonged diarrhoea
L
None
140.95
13
Male
Dysentery
F
None
143.95
5
Male
Blood culture
None
diarrhoea, acidotic
153.95
15
Male
Kwashiorkor
W
C.upsal
400.95
30
Female
Dysentery, chronic diarrhoea
L
C.upsal
366.96
31
Male
Diarrhoea
L
None
384.96
12
Female
Diarrhoea and vomiting
L
None
126.97
11
Female
Gastroenteritis
W
None
137.97
18
Male
HIV+
L
C.upsal
155.97
13
Male
Blood culture
None
meningococcaemia
178.97
12
Female
Acute diarrhoea and vomiting
L
None
36.02
4
Male
Umbilical haematoma
L
C.jj1
37.02
6
Female
Blood culture
None
gastroenteritis, FTT marasmus, fever
166.02
22
Female
Gastroenteritis
W
C.upsal
237.02
8
Female
Blood culture
None
pneumonia
58.05
5
Male
Chronic diarrhoea
L
C.jj1
7.06
11
Female
Dysentery
W
None
1.07
33
Female
Diarrhoea
?
None
2.07
20
Male
Dysentery
?
None
3.07
15
Male
Diarrhoea
?
C.conc
C.coli
1.08
22
Male
Diarrhoea
?
Shigella
sonnei
Stools: L: loose, W = watery, F = formed, ?: not recorded. C. coli = Campylobacter coli, C.conc = Campylobacter concisus, C.jj1 = Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni biotype 1, C.j doyl = Campylobacter jejuni subsp. doylei, C.upsal = Campylobacter upsaliensis. FTT = failure to hrive.
