Long-Term Follow-up of Voluntary Ingestion of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>

Brief Reports15 April 1991Long-Term Follow-up of Voluntary Ingestion of Helicobacter pyloriArthur J. Morris, BSc, MBChB, M. Rafiq Ali, MBChB, Gordon I. Nicholson, MBChB, Guillermo I. Perez-Perez, DSc, Martin J. Blaser, MDArthur J. Morris, BSc, MBChB, M. Rafiq Ali, MBChB, Gordon I. Nicholson, MBChB, Guillermo I. Perez-Perez, DSc, Martin J. Blaser, MDAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-114-8-662 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1985, Barry Marshall reported his ingestion ofHelicobacter pylori(previously known asCampylobacter pylori[1]). He developed an acute, but self-limited, histologic gastritis (2). In 1987, Morris and Nicholson (3) reported the case of another volunteer who ingestedH. pylori. Although the volunteer had symptoms for only 10 days, both the infection and histologic gastritis persisted until day 67 when 1 month…