Open AccessTreatment Strategies for Helicobacter pylori Eradication: Current Perspective
Author(s) -
Showkat Ali Zargar
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of medical sciences/journal of medical sciences (srinagar. online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-063X
pISSN - 0972-110X
DOI - 10.33883/jms.v12i1.6
Subject(s) - medicine , rifabutin , helicobacter pylori , regimen , intensive care medicine , perspective (graphical) , clarithromycin , artificial intelligence , computer science
All over the world anti-microbial based triple therapy is the standard treatment but eradication rates have declined to the extent that alternative or salvage therapies using levofloxicin and rifabutin have gained importance. Seqential therapy is a newly described regimen that has been in many studies shows to be superior to triple therapy. J Med Sci.2009;12(1):1-2