Table 4 Helicobacter spp. and F. gastrosuis detected through PCR in the different regions of pigs’ stomach
Pars oesophagea | r | p | Oxyntic mucosa | r | p | Antral mucosa | r | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of samples | N = 71 | N = 71 | N = 71 | |||||||||
n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | |||||||
Single bacteria | ||||||||||||
H. pylori-like | 28/71 | 39.4 | 10/71 | 14.1 | 3/71 | 4.2 | ||||||
H. suis | 7/71 | 9.9 | 25/71 | 35.2 | 29/71 | 40.8 | ||||||
H. felis | 0/71 | 0.0 | 2/71 | 2.8 | 0/71 | 0.0 | ||||||
H. salomonis | 0/71 | 0.0 | 0/71 | 0.0 | 2/71 | 2.8 | ||||||
F. gastrosuis | 12/71 | 16.9 | 4/71 | 5.6 | 10/71 | 7.6 | ||||||
Multiple bacteria | ||||||||||||
F. gastrosuis + H. pylori-like | 8/71 | 11.3 | 0.29 | 0.03 | 1/71 | 1.4 | 0.25 | 0.04 | 1/71 | 1.4 | 0.11 | 0.38 |
H. pylori-like + H. suis | 6/71 | 8.5 | 0.36 | < 0.01 | 1/71 | 1.4 | −0.07 | 0.56 | 2/71 | 2.8 | −0.05 | 0.71 |
F. gastrosuis + H. suis | 0/71 | 0.0 | −0.04 | 0.79 | 2/71 | 2.8 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 4/71 | 5.6 | −0.03 | 0.79 |
H. suis + H. felis | 0/71 | 0.0 | – | – | 1/71 | 1.4 | 0.05 | 0.69 | 0/71 | 0.0 | – | – |
F. gastrosuis + H. pylori-like + H. suis | 1/71 | 1.4 | – | – | 1/71 | 1.4 | – | – | 0/71 | 0.0 | – | – |