Role of high-dose amoxicillin dual therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication in an Irish cohort: A prospective study.
| Autor: | Palmirotta R; Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari 70124, Italy. raffaelepalmirotta@gmail.com., Cafiero C; Area of Molecular Pathology, Anatomic Pathology Unit, Fabrizio Spaziani Hospital, Frosinone 03100, Italy., Colella M; Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari 70124, Italy. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | World journal of clinical cases [World J Clin Cases] 2024 Dec 16; Vol. 12 (35), pp. 6859-6863. |
| DOI: | 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i35.6859 |
| Abstrakt: | Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) infections may cause chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, gastric cancers, and other conditions outside of the gastrointestinal tract. Hence, it is important to diagnose and treat it early. H. pylori is resistant to certain drugs in traditional eradication therapy, so alternative therapy protocols are needed, such as high-dose amoxicillin dual therapy (HDADT). This article aims to comment on a recent paper by Costigan et al in the World Journal of Clinical Cases . In this study, the authors recruited 139 patients diagnosed with H. pylori , all treated with HDADT. Of these, 93 were treatment-naïve and 46 had received at least one alternative treatment in the past. Four weeks after the end of the treatment, the urea breath test was administered to estimate the eradication rate. The total eradication rate was 56% (78/139), 62% for the treatment-naïve arm and 43% for the previous treatment arm, thus indicating a lower success rate for the arm that had previously received a different treatment regimen. In conclusion, a therapeutic approach with first-line HDADT may potentially be a better treatment, but the results are not sufficient to recommend the use of this regimen in a country with high levels of dual resistance. Competing Interests: Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article. (©The Author(s) 2024. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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