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Helicobacter pylori infection is an infectious disease and the empiric therapy paradigm should be changed
Author(s) -
Hong Li,
Tiankuo Yang,
Hong Tang,
Xiaoqiong Tang,
Yalin Shen,
Mohammed Benghezal,
Chin Yen Tay,
Barry J. Marshall
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
precision clinical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2096-5303
pISSN - 2516-1571
DOI - 10.1093/pcmedi/pbz009
Subject(s) - helicobacter pylori , helicobacter pylori infection , antibiotic resistance , empiric therapy , infectious disease (medical specialty) , antibiotics , antimicrobial stewardship , antimicrobial , medicine , disease , antibiotic therapy , immunology , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Helicobacter pylori infection is an infectious disease. Given the alarmingly high antibiotic resistance in H. pylori, gastroenterologists should change the empiric H. pylori treatment paradigm to an antimicrobial susceptibility testing-guided precision treatment. Antimicrobial stewardship programs for H. pylori should be implemented locally, regionally, and nationally to monitor the antibiotic resistance pattern.

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