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| Helicobacter pylori x40 |
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| Helicobacter pylori x40
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•H.pylori is a curved or "s" shaped gram negative
rod
•H.pylori is not tissue invasive and is only found on the
surface of the mucosal epithelium
•The organism can be seen with a variety of stains, but the
most common one employed is a silver preparation which stains
the organism black
•Note the lack of inflammation around the organism itself
| | (Description By:Martin Nadel, M.D. )
| | (Image Contrib. by:Martin Nadel, M.D. UCHC )
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