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Epidemiology and pattern of antibiotic resistance in Helicobacter pylori: scenario from Saudi Arabia.
Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association - 1 Jan 2000
Rizwan Mohammed, Fatima Nuzhath, Alvi Ayesha
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Helicobacter pylori is recognized as a major cause of gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric cancer, and mucosa-associated lymphoma. Infection with this gram-negative microaerophile has been treated using combination of antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors for different gastrointestinal diseases. The most commonly used treatment is triple therapy which consists of administration of a proton pump inhibitor,...
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