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Anti-Helicobacter pylori therapy in India: differences in eradication efficiency associated with particular alleles of vacuolating cytotoxin (vacA) gene.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Feb 2003
Chaudhuri Sujit, Chowdhury Abhijit, Datta Simanti, Mukhopadhyay Asish K, Chattopadhya Santanu, Saha Dhira R, Dhali Gopal, Santra Amal, Nair G Balakrish, Bhattacharya Sujit, Berg Douglas E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The efficiency of Helicobacter pylori eradication varies geographically, as do many parameters that might affect therapeutic efficiency, including bacterial genotype. The aim of the present study was to determine the efficiency of H. pylori eradication using a 10-day proton pump inhibitor-based triple-therapy regimen (omeprazole, clarithromycin and amoxycillin) in an eastern Indian patient...
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