Triple therapy with azithromycin, omeprazole, and amoxicillin is highly effective in the eradication of Helicobacter pylori: A controlled trial versus omeprazole plus amoxicillin

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 258-263

  Bertoni, Giorgio ^a   Sassatelli, Romano ^b   Nigrisoli, Evandro ^b   Tansini, Paolo ^b   Bianchi, Guglielmo ^b   Della Casa, Giovanni ^b   Bagni, Alberto ^b   Bedogni, Giuliano ^b  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; OMEPRAZOLE; TROZOCINA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; DUODENAL ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMEPRAZOLE; PENICILLINS; SMOKING; STOMACH ULCER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030027591     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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