20年前,澳大利亚的罗宾·沃伦在研究胃病的形成过程中,发现患者大多有一种形状像螺杆的微生物侵入。他把这种微生物叫作幽门螺杆菌,并认定它是胃病的元凶。可是,他的发现不但没有引起医学界的重视,有些权威还向他发难,说幽门螺杆菌不一定是胃病的元凶,因为,胃病的症状五花八门, Twenty years ago, Robin Warren of Australia, in the course of his study on the development of stomach problems, found that most of his patients had a microbe that intruded into the shape of a screw. He called the microorganism Helicobacter pylori and identified it as the culprit. However, his discovery not only failed to arouse the attention of the medical profession, some authorities also attacked him, said Helicobacter pylori is not necessarily the culprit stomach, because the stomach symptoms vary,