title: Effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on peptic ulcer healing.
abstract: In a prospective study designed to assess the effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on peptic ulcer healing, 85 consecutive patients with H. pylori-positive peptic ulcer disease were treated with a triple therapy regimen consisting of colloidal bismuth subcitrate 120 mg four times daily for 28 days, with metronidazole 400 mg three times daily and tetracycline 500 mg three times daily for the first seven days of treatment. H. pylori status was assessed by CLO test and histology at least four weeks after completing therapy. Of 75 patients (88%) H. pylori-negative after therapy, 69 (92%) had healed ulcers compared with only five of 10 patients (50%) who remained H. pylori-positive (p = 0.003). Cigarette smoking had no significant effect on ulcer healing. Our results suggest that H. pylori eradication may accelerate ulcer healing and provide further evidence that an effective helicobactericidal regimen is the treatment of choice in H. pylori-positive peptic ulcer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, General Hospital, Tullamore, Co Offaly, Eire.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kanduru
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bhutta
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Meehan
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Feeley
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cunnane
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000628:therapy*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012907:Smoking; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008795:Metronidazole; D013752:Tetracycline; C002791:bismuth tripotassium dicitrate