Guidelines for when to test for treatment success after H. pylori eradication therapy: Difference between revisions
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| bgcolor="LightGreen" |Whenever H. pylori infection is identified and treated, testing to prove eradication should be performed using a urea breath test, fecal antigen test or | | bgcolor="LightGreen" |Whenever [[H. pylori]] infection is identified and treated, testing to prove eradication should be performed using a [[urea]] breath test, fecal antigen test or biopsy-based | ||
testing at least 4 weeks after the completion of antibiotic therapy and after PPI therapy has been withheld for 1–2 weeks. | testing at least 4 weeks after the completion of [[antibiotic]] therapy and after [[PPI]] therapy has been withheld for 1–2 weeks.<ref name="urlwww.nature.com22">{{cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/ajg/journal/v112/n2/pdf/ajg2016563a.pdf |title=www.nature.com |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:39, 12 December 2017
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Manpreet Kaur, MD [2], Sargun Singh Walia M.B.B.S.[3]
Strong recommendation |
Whenever H. pylori infection is identified and treated, testing to prove eradication should be performed using a urea breath test, fecal antigen test or biopsy-based
testing at least 4 weeks after the completion of antibiotic therapy and after PPI therapy has been withheld for 1–2 weeks.[1] |
References
- ↑ "www.nature.com" (PDF).