Is There Any Cause for Concern in Patients Who Have Their First Helicobacter Like Organism Test Positive?
Received Date: Sep 07, 2018 / Accepted Date: Nov 19, 2018 / Published Date: Nov 29, 2018
Abstract
Aim: To assess the existing first line triple therapy in patients for possible resistance.
Materials and Methods: Retrospective assessment of all patients who had their Helicobacter pylori positive with biopsies taken for various reasons during gastroscopy followed by confirmation of eradication with 13C-urea test over a time period of one year.
Results: Out of 1548 gastroscopies where CLO (Campylobacter-like Organism test) was taken that were done over a time period of 1 year, 242 (15.63%) patients had their helicobacter-like organism test positive. Triple regime was prescribed for eradication in all of them and retesting with 13C urea breath test after six weeks reveal successful eradication in 192 (79.3%) and failed eradication in only 50 (20.7%) of the patients.
Conclusion: The first line regime for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori used in our hospital is efficient for the eradication and there is no any amendment that has to be made in the current regime.
Keywords: Helicobacter pylori; Resistance; Antibiotics; Bacteria
Citation: Syed Nouman Mohsin (2018) Is There Any Cause for Concern in Patients Who Have Their First Helicobacter Like Organism Test Positive?. J Gastrointest Dig Syst 8: 581. Doi: 10.4172/2161-069X.1000581
Copyright: © 2018 Mohsin SN. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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