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Efficacy of levofloxacin, amoxicillin and a proton pump inhibitor in the eradication of Helicobacter pylori in Brazilian patients with peptic ulcers

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Title
Efficacy of levofloxacin, amoxicillin and a proton pump inhibitor in the eradication of Helicobacter pylori in Brazilian patients with peptic ulcers
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Clinics, May 2015
DOI 10.6061/clinics/2015(05)02
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Fernando Marcuz Silva, Elaine Cristina Silveira de Queiroz, Tomás Navarro-Rodriguez, Ricardo Correa Barbuti, Rejane Mattar, Kiyoshi Iriya, Jin Hwa Lee, Jaime Natan Eisig

Abstract

The eradication of Helicobacter (H.) pylori allows peptic ulcers in patients infected with the bacteria to be cured. Treatment with the classic triple regimen (proton pump inhibitor, amoxicillin and clarithromycin) has shown decreased efficacy due to increased bacterial resistance to clarithromycin. In our country, the eradication rate by intention to treat with this regimen is 83%. In Brazil, a commercially available regimen for bacterial eradication that uses levofloxacin and amoxicillin with lansoprazole is available; however, its efficacy is not known. Considering that such a treatment may be an alternative to the classic regimen, we aimed to verify its efficacy in H. pylori eradication. Patients with peptic ulcer disease infected with H. pylori who had not received prior treatment were treated with the following regimen: 30 mg lansoprazole bid, 1,000 mg amoxicillin bid and 500 mg levofloxacin, once a day for 7 days. A total of 66 patients were evaluated. The patients' mean age was 52 years, and women comprised 55% of the sample. Duodenal ulcers were present in 50% of cases, and gastric ulcers were present in 30%. The eradication rate was 74% per protocol and 73% by intention to treat. Adverse effects were reported by 49 patients (74%) and were mild to moderate, with a prevalence of diarrhea complaints. Triple therapy comprising lansoprazole, amoxicillin and levofloxacin for 7 days for the eradication of H. pylori in Brazilian peptic ulcer patients showed a lower efficacy than that of the classic triple regimen.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 1 3%
Unknown 28 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 21%
Researcher 4 14%
Student > Bachelor 3 10%
Other 3 10%
Professor 3 10%
Other 5 17%
Unknown 5 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 45%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 10%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Other 4 14%
Unknown 5 17%
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#22,759,802
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#1,001
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#239,362
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Outputs of similar age from Clinics
#14
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