Helicobacter pylori from Peptic Ulcer Patients in Uganda Is Highly Resistant to Clarithromycin and Fluoroquinolones: Results of the GenoType HelicoDR Test Directly Applied on Stool
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of studied patients ().
ITEM
Number ()
%
Hospitals of recruitment
Mulago
105
74
Mengo
22
15
Case Medical Centre
15
1
Gender
Female
79
56
Male
62
44
Not given
1
7
Duration of illness
Up to 2 weeks
7
5
3-4 weeks
8
6
2 months to 1 year
40
28
2–5 years
61
43
More than 5 years
26
18
Taken drug(s)
Yes
140
99
No
2
1
The time the drug was last taken
Up to one week
114
83
Within a month
16
11
More than a month
10
7
NA
2
1
Drug(s) taken
One antibiotic plus proton pump inhibitors (PPI)
41
29
Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) only
38
27
Triple therapy
28
20
Single antibiotic
19
13
Two antibiotics
12
9
Never taken peptic ulcer drugs
3
2
Herbal
1
0
Specific antibiotics taken in last 2 weeks
FLQ taken
No
135
95
Yes
7
5
CLA taken
No
138
97
Yes
4
3
Other antibiotics taken
Yes
94
66
No
48
34
CLA = clarithromycin, FLQ = fluoroquinolones. Other antibiotics included amoxicillin, metronidazole, and ceftrioxone.
