Efficacies of Antimicrobial Susceptibility-Guided Versus Empirical Therapy for Rescue Treatment of Helicobacter Pylori Infection

Patients will receive a 14-day quadruple therapy for the H.pylori eradication. The regimen contains one proton pump inhibitor, colloidal bismuth pectin and two sensitive antibiotics determined by antimicrobial susceptibility test. The susceptibility of amoxicillin, clarithromycin, metronidazole, tinidazole, levofloxacin, furazolidone and tetracycline will be evaluated.

All patients need these two drugs.

Patients will receive a 14-day quadruple therapy according to personal medication history for helicobacter pylori eradication. The regimen contains one proton pump inhibitor, Colloidal Bismuth Pectin and two antibiotics based on personal medication history. If the patient hasn't been treated with levofloxacin previously, he will be treated with amoxicillin and levofloxacin. Otherwise, he will be treated with amoxicillin and furazolidone.