Histological identification of Campylobacter using Gimenez technique in gastric antral mucosa.

Campylobacter pyloridis, a spiral bacterium, was for- mally identified by Marshall and Warren in 1984.1 The association between this organism and gastro- intestinal tract disease has provoked much interest, the presence of C pyloridis being strongly associated with active chronic gastritis.2 3 In a study conducted in this laboratory on the isolation of Cpyloridis from upper gastrointestinal tract it was found that hae- matoxylin and eosin and Wartin-Starry staining were not satisfactory for the histological identification of Campylobacter sp; other staining methods were there- fore investigated, and the Gimenez technique4 was found to be the most effective.