Abstract
People are prone to cancer when infected with infectious agents. Helicobacter pylori was the only infectious agent well characterized for stomach cancer and the rest of the cancers are yet to be characterized. Literature review has provided information on other Helicobacter species such as Helicobacter felis, Helicobacter salmonis, Helicobacter bizzozeronii and Helicobacter heilmannii (known for causing stomach cancer), Helicobacter bilis (known for causing biliary tract cancer), and Helicobacter hepaticus (known for causing liver cancer). Non-Helicobacter species such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Campylobacter jejuni, and Chlamydophila pneumoniae are also known for causing prostate cancer, stomach cancer, and lung cancer, respectively. In this chapter, we focused on reviewing the mechanism of pathogenesis and drug targets available till date for cancer-causing bacteria like H. pylori, H. felis, H. salmonis, H. bizzozeronii, H. heilmannii, N. gonorrhoeae, C. jejuni, and C. pneumoniae.
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