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. 2006 Jul 31;4(2):88–94.

Table 1.

Quotes extracted from patient interviews asking about the reason for therapy

Why are you going to take this medication?
P1: They have detected H. pylori in the respiratory test
P3: Aphtes caused by bacteria
P4: Because of the problem, to cure it
P18: I don’t know
P9: I have gastritis and some little worms that need to be removed
P15. Because I had an active infection, like a throat infection, I needed to take antibiotic to kill the bacteria
P23: I bled, I did an endoscopy with biopsy and accused the presence of a bacteria