Studies on Helicobacter from Human Stomachs in Taiz City, Republic of Yemen PDF

Keywords

Helicobacter, Campylobacter, qat, Yemen

Abstract

Forty-one bacterial isolates were obtained from gastric juice and gastric biopsy specimens from persons 30-70 years old. The samples were taken from patients who chewed qat (the fresh leaves of the plant Catha edulis) and patients who didn't chew qat. The specimens were collected at different hospitals in Taiz city, Republic of Yemen. These bacterial isolates were identified as four species: Helicobacter pylori, Helicobacter bizzozeronii, Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter sputorum. H. pylori was recorded as occurring in a higher percentage of qat chewers (42%) than in non chewers (25%), in gastric biopsies (37%) than in gastric juice specimens (20%) and in those aged from 50-70 years (35%) than in those aged from 30-50 years (33%). Antibacterial activity of Christ's thorn honey and garlic, onion, and cabbage extracts against 14 isolates of H. pylori revealed that the most promising effect was achieved with Christ's thorn honey followed by garlic, onion and cabbage extracts. The antibacterial effect of garlic and onion at concentration 15% increased by mixing it with honey in a ratio 1:1.