Refractoriness to anti‐Helicobacter pylori treatment attributed to phenotypic resistance patterns in patients with gastroduodenopathy in Guayaquil‐Ecuador
Javier David Lara Icaza,
Rosalina Lara Tapia,
Cástula Tania Castro Triana
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundTreatment of Helicobacter pylori gastric infection is complex and associated with increased rates of therapeutic failure. This research aimed to characterize the H. pylori infection status, strain resistance to antimicrobial agents, and the predominant lesion pattern in the gastroduodenal mucosa of patients with clinical suspicion of refractoriness to first‐ and second‐line treatment who were diagnosed and treated in a health center in Guayaquil, Ecuador.MethodsA total of 374 patients with upper gast… Show more
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