A laboratory epidemic of gastritis

Our serendipitous observation of gastritis induced by the re-use of intestinal tubes heralded the discovery in Australia several years later of helicobacter pylori. Ramsey, E.J., Carey, K.V., Peterson, W.L., Jackson, J.J., Murphy, F.K., Read, N.W., Taylor, K.B., Trier, J.S. and Fordtran, J.S. (1979) Epidemic gastritis with hypochlorhydria. Gastroenterology 76:... Read more »