Helicobacter pylori has not gone away. An estimated 35% of Irish adults will test positive for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), making it still one of the commonest infections encountered in Ireland. It is associated with significant disease including peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. While the global prevalence...

In recent decades our understanding of the gut microbiota has evolved from one of a host-pathogen relationship resulting in disease (eg. gastroenteritis, H pylori ulcers), to one comprising a much more complex and nuanced system of host and commensals working together to execute the multiple functions of the...