Volume 3, Issue 2.April-June, 2013. Page | 115 Human intestinal spirochetosis, which was first described by Harland and Lee in 1967, is an infestation of spirochetes usually present on the surface of the large intestinal mucosa [1]. Causative spirochetes are reported to be either Brachyspira aalborgi or Brachyspira pilosicoli. The two species may be zoonotic because they have been isolated from...

The spirochetes inhabiting the large intestines of humans and animals consist of a diverse group of related organisms. Intestinal spirochetosis caused by Brachyspira pilosicoli is a newly recognized enteric disease of human being and animals manifest as mild colitis and diarrhoea. Few cases have been reported of spirochetaemia especially in critically ill and immunocomprised patients. This is a...

Avian intestinal spirochetosis (AIS) is a disease of birdscharacterized by a marked colonization of the cecum and/or rectumwith anaerobic intestinal bacteria of the genus Brachyspira. Thepurpose of the study was to determine the occurrence of Brachyspiraspp from avian sources in Iran and to characterize selected isolates bybiochemical and molecular methods. Out of 165 fecal samples obtained fro...

avian intestinal spirochetosis (ais) is a disease of birdscharacterized by a marked colonization of the cecum and/or rectumwith anaerobic intestinal bacteria of the genus brachyspira. thepurpose of the study was to determine the occurrence of brachyspiraspp from avian sources in iran and to characterize selected isolates bybiochemical and molecular methods. out of 165 fecal samples obtained fro...