Editorial Helicobacter pylori Infection and Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders

which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. It has been thirty years since the two Australians Robin Warren and Barry Marshall discovered Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in 1983 [1]. In order to fulfil the Koch’s postulates, Marshall andMorris drank a solutionwhichwas a suspension of H. pylori. This produced gastritis from which the bacteria could be reisolated [2]. It will be interesting to see how the approach to treatment has progressed in these three decades after the discovery of the organism-based both on consensus guidelines and other research in this field.The changes in the consensus statements have been highlighted. The isolation of H. pylori from the gastric mucosa and the report of the organism’s urease activity generated excitement especially when it was postulated by Marshall that these microorgan-isms could be the cause of gastritis and could be a dominan