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METHODS: An acridine orange assay and cultured HEp-2 cell monolayers were used to determine the HEp-2 cell penetration frequencies of 17 clinical isolates and one American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) strain of H pylori, and single clinical strains of Yersinia enterocolitica, Shigella flexneri, and a non-invasive ATCC Escherichia coli strain. RESULTS: The acridine orange assay demonstrated that invasion frequencies of HEp-2 cells by all H pylori isolates were significant and, in most instances, exceeded those for the S flexneri strain and equalled those for the Y enterocolitica strain. The assay also showed that internalised H pylori organisms remained viable for at least six hours, the maximum time that bacteria and HEp-2 cells were co-incubated. CONCLUSIONS: These results may have important implications for treatment and prevention strategies for this gastric pathogen. 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