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Acute infection with H. pylori

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Helicobacter pylori

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Until Barry Marshall ingested the culture of Helicobacter pylori in an attempt to fulfil Koch’s postulates1 there had been no proof that an infectious organism was responsible for acute gastritis, a condition which had been recognized for many years. However, since that important experiment it has been possible to piece together and explain the previously confusing literature relating to epidemic hypochlorhydria, spontaneous hypochlorhydria and the clinical syndrome of acute gastritis.

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  1. A. T. R. Axon
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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University Medical Centre, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada

    Richard H. Hunt (Professor of Medicine, Director) (Professor of Medicine, Director)

  2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Centre, 9 Meibergdreef, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Guido N. J. Tytgat (Professor) (Professor)

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Axon, A.T.R. (1994). Acute infection with H. pylori . In: Hunt, R.H., Tytgat, G.N.J. (eds) Helicobacter pylori. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1418-9_37

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