Antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical
Helicobacter pylori
isolates and its eradication by standard triple therapy: a study in west central region of Colombia
Adalucy Alvarez-Aldana,
Paula Andrea Fernandez Uribe,
Tatiana Mejía Valencia
et al.
Abstract:The aim of the present study was first to isolate
Helicobacter pylori
from gastric biopsy specimens and to test their antibiotic susceptibility. Second, it was to evaluate the efficacy of the standard triple therapy from patients of the west central region of Colombia.
H. pylori
positive patients received standard triple therapy with proton pump inhibitor (PPI) (40 mg b.i.d.), clarithromycin (500 mg b.i.d.), and amoxicillin (1 g b.i.d.) for 14 days. There… Show more
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