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. 1998 Mar-Apr;71(2):119–124.

Treatment of H. pylori infection: the reality.

N Vakil 1
PMCID: PMC2578890  PMID: 10378357

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.

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