Molecular detection of pathogenic bacteria in the colonic biopsies from patients with Ulcerative Colitis.

BACKGROUND/AIM: Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease which is common in many areas of the world including Egypt. A lot of controversy regarding the pathogenesis of UC exist. The current study is an attempt to detect some pathogenic bacteria in UC patients.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Endoscopic colonic biopsies obtained from 40 patients with ulcerative colitis and 20 controls were analyzed by means of real-time PCR technique for the presence of () and pathogenic ( which are positive for KPC and/or OXA-48.

RESULTS

All patients and control samples were negative for . Three of the 40 patient samples (7.5%) and none of the 20 controls were positive for with no significant difference between the two groups. KPC-positive were detected in 11 of the 40 patients (27.5%) and in none of the controls with a significant difference between the two groups (P=0.01). All patients and control samples were negative for OXA-48 positive E. coli.

CONCLUSION

Although this study does not support the claim that and/or have a role in UC, it greatly suggests that pathogenic may be involved in one way or another in the course of UC.