TY - JOUR
T1 - Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcer disease
AU - Peterson, Walter L.
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PY - 1991/4/11
Y1 - 1991/4/11
N2 - A GRAM-NEGATIVE, microaerophilic curved bacillus found in gastric-biopsy specimens from patients with histologie gastritis was successfully cultured in Perth, Australia, in 1982 and was soon named Campylobacter pylori1 (a name later changed to Helicobacterpylori). Little attention had been paid to previous descriptions of spiral organisms in biopsy specimens of human gastric mucosa,2 3 but it now appears that at the least the organism is responsible for most cases of gastritis not associated with another known primary cause (e.g., autoimmune gastritis or eosinophilic gastritis) and that it may also be a major factor in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease. The. . .
AB - A GRAM-NEGATIVE, microaerophilic curved bacillus found in gastric-biopsy specimens from patients with histologie gastritis was successfully cultured in Perth, Australia, in 1982 and was soon named Campylobacter pylori1 (a name later changed to Helicobacterpylori). Little attention had been paid to previous descriptions of spiral organisms in biopsy specimens of human gastric mucosa,2 3 but it now appears that at the least the organism is responsible for most cases of gastritis not associated with another known primary cause (e.g., autoimmune gastritis or eosinophilic gastritis) and that it may also be a major factor in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease. The. . .
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199104113241507
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199104113241507
M3 - Review article
C2 - 2005942
AN - SCOPUS:0025891454
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 324
SP - 1043
EP - 1048
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 15
ER -