A CASE OF GASTROSPIRILLUM HOMINIS-ASSOCIATED CORPUS GASTRITIS

Abstract

A 59-year-old man had presented with epigastric pain and nausea. Endoscopic examination showed erythema, erosions, and enlarged folds on the greater curvature of the corpus. Biopsy specimens from the corpus region revealed moderate chronic gastritis with mild neutrophil infiltration. Helicobacter pylori were negative but Gastrospirillum hominis (G. hominis) were detected in the gram smear of a corpus specimen. Follow-up endoscopic examination with biopsy 12 months later showed essentially normal gastric mucosa without the spiral organisim. We report a rare case of G, hominis-associated corpus gastritis.