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Volume 22, Number 2—February 2016
Letter

Acute Colitis Caused by Helicobacter trogontum in Immunocompetent Patient

Fabien Dutasta1, Elia Samaha1, Nathalie Carayol, Jean-Marc Masse, Camille Bourillon, Clémence Richaud, Arthur Neuschwander, Hidayeth Rostane, Marie Lyse Parolini, Patrick Bruneval, Christophe Cellier, and Isabelle PodglajenComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Legouest, Metz, France (F. Dutasta); Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (E. Samaha, C. Bourillon, A. Neuschwander, H. Rostane, M.L. Parolini, P. Bruneval, C. Cellier, I. Podglajen); Collège de France, Paris (N. Carayol, I. Podglajen); Electron Microscopy Platform, Cochin Institute, Paris (J.M. Masse); Hôpital Beaujon, Paris (C. Richaud); Université Paris Descartes, Paris (P. Bruneval, C. Cellier, I. Podglajen); Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris (P. Bruneval, C. Cellier, I. Podglajen)

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Computed tomographic image of patient with Helicobacter trogontum infection and micrographs of H. trogontum. A) Paramedian sagittal section of an abdominopelvic scan after injection of contrast medium in the portal phase, showing thickening of the transverse and right colon (white arrowheads) with tubular appearance and discrete thickening of the fat stranding (black arrow). B) Gram-stained blood culture smear. Original magnification ×1,000. C) Transmission electron micrograph of negatively stai

Figure. Computed tomographic image of patient with Helicobacter trogontum infection and micrographs of H. trogontum. A) Paramedian sagittal section of an abdominopelvic scan after injection of contrast medium in the portal phase, showing thickening of the transverse and right colon (white arrowheads) with tubular appearance and discrete thickening of the fat stranding (black arrow). B) Gram-stained blood culture smear. Original magnification ×1,000. C) Transmission electron micrograph of negatively stained H. trogontum showing bipolar flagella. Scale bar indicates 0.5 μm.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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