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SUBMITTER: Kong S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7456506 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kong Siya S Huang Keting K Wang Jun J Wang Xiaoyong X Yang Ningmin N Dong Yu Y Zhuang Ya Y Dang Yini Y Zhang Guoxin G Ye Feng F
Gut pathogens 20200829
<h4>Background</h4>After the failure of clarithromycin- and bismuth-based quadruple therapy (CBQT), levofloxacin- and bismuth-based quadruple therapy (LBQT) is recommended for <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> eradication. We compared the efficacies of second-line tailored bismuth-based quadruple therapy (TBQT) and empirical LBQT.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients with CBQT failure were randomly assigned to receive TBQT or LBQT for 14 days. All patients underwent endoscopy for culture-based antibiotic susceptibi ...[more]