title: Treatment of H. pylori infection: the reality.
abstract: Despite the wide dissemination of information on Helicobacter pylori, there is still a great deal of variation in how general practitioners treat the infection and in which circumstances they prescribe eradication therapy for H. pylori. Specialty societies have developed consensus guidelines that recommend a strategy to test and treat dyspeptic patients for H. pylori infection although the data to support these recommendations are weak at the present time. As a result, there is still confusion about the indications for treatment and the treatment regimens that are likely to be effective in routine clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin Medical School, Milwaukee 53233, USA. nvakil@facstaff.wisc.edu
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authors.lastname: Vakil
mesh_terms: D053799:2-Pyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazoles; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001729:Bismuth / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics / Q000382:microbiology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D064747:Lansoprazole; D009853:Omeprazole / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics / Q000382:microbiology; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods; D011899:Ranitidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration
chemical_list: D053799:2-Pyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazoles; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D064747:Lansoprazole; C073340:ranitidine bismuth citrate; D011899:Ranitidine; D017291:Clarithromycin; D009853:Omeprazole; D001729:Bismuth