Helicobacter pylori in the faeces?
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- 1 July 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 92 (7) , 361-364
- https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/92.7.361
Abstract
The most surprising thing about Helicobacter pylori is its site of residence—within the stomach. Failure of early reports of the presence of spiral gastric organisms1 to evoke much interest was probably due to a general reluctance to view the stomach as a habitat for micro-organisms because of the extreme acidity of its lumen. Marshall and Warren's `discovery' in 19822 changed that, and now, within 18 years of the cultivation of a microaerophilic flagellated spiral organism from the human stomach, H. pylori is not only regarded as the commonest chronic bacterial infection of mankind,3 but also the principal cause of duodenal ulcer disease4 and an important factor in the pathogenesis of gastric cancer.5Keywords
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