“…Curing H. pylori infection still remains a challenge in clinical practice. The 10-day sequential therapy, suggested as first-line therapy in the current Italian guidelines [3], has been proven to be effective in several countries, achieving eradication rates as high as 91.1%-93.7% in Italy [7,11], 92.5-95% in Turkey [12,13], 94.2% in Slovenia [14], 90% in Portugal [15], 90% in Belgium [16], 95.9% in Israel [17], 94% in Thailand [18], 91.9% in Taiwan [19], 90.3% in Singapore [20], and 88.6% in the United Arab Emirates [21]. In detail, the 10-day sequential therapy was found to be equally effective -but cheaper -than J Gastrointestin Liver Dis, March 2019 Vol.…”