Helicobacter bizzozeronii bacteria are detected in the stomachs of their natural hosts - cats, dogs, foxes, and lynxes, as well as in the saliva of dogs. Reports suggest that individuals, including children,[4] are infected with this bacterium by having close contact with these animals.[3] That is, H. bizzozeronii-associated diseases appear to be zoonotic diseases, i.e. infectious diseases that are caused by pathogen that spread from animals to humans.[3] It is important to diagnose H. bizzozeronii and the other H. heilmannii sensu lato infections in patients with the cited upper gastrointestinal tract diseases, including in particular extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of the stomach, because some of them have been successfully treated and cured using antibiotic-based drug regimens (e.g.amoxicillin, clarithromycin, plus a proton pump inhibitor[5] or metronidazole, clarithromycin, plus a proton pump inhibitor[3]) directed against the instigating bacterium.[3]
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