The really bizarre thing about the discovery of H.pylori being the
causative agent of gatric ulcers was the length that the researchers from
Perth, Austalia went to. The absolute connection was made when the
researcher (cant remember his name!) drank a culture of H.pylori and after
a week or two developed very painful, severe gastric ulcers. This was
before the connection with Hpylori and stomach cancer was
discovered.........bad idea!
Paul
>The organism had been noted in gastric biopsies many years ago but
>microbiologists had been unable to culture it until a team of workers in
>Australia made this breakthrough. Having been able to culture the organism,
>this led to its characterisation and thus to tests to allow its detection and
>prove conclusively its links with gastric ulcers. The organism produces
>unusually large amounts of urea and this is a major factor in the correct
>diagnosis of the cause of gastric ulcers.
>>Hope this helps
>>Alistair Brown
>article <7hmppo$feq at enews4.newsguy.com>,
> "Cameron Weighill" <cweighil at nanaimo.ark.com> wrote:
>> It's probable been a source of ulcers for many years, though it had not been
>> diagnosed as a causative agent until 1980's.
>>>> fp <uhoh_1999 at hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:7hkphr$fm0$1 at bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net...>> > why only fairly recently has this cropped up as a cause of ulcers?
>> >
>> >
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