Combination of Bismuth and Standard Triple Therapy Eradicates Helicobacter pylori Infection in More than 90% of Patients

Due to the poor eradication rates of standard triple therapy, the addition of bismuth salts has been proposed for first-line eradication of Helicobacter pylori. We assessed the effectiveness and safety of the combination of bismuth and the standard, clarithromycin-containing triple therapy in eradication of H pylori infection, using data from a large multi-center registry.

Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - April 8, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Adrian G. McNicholl, Dmitry S. Bordin, Alfredo Lucendo, Galina Fadeenko, Manuel Castro Fernandez, Irina Voynovan, Natalia Valerievna Zakharova, Aiman Silkanovna Sarsenbaeva, Luis Bujanda, Ángeles Perez-Aisa, Liudmila Vologzhanina, Oleg Zaytsev, Tatiana I Source Type: research