Rescue Therapy for Helicobacter pylori Infection 2012

Table 1

Eradication rates with quadruple therapy (proton pump inhibitor, bismuth, tetracycline, and a nitroimidazole) as “rescue” therapy for proton pump inhibitor-clarithromycin-amoxicillin failure.

Author	Number of patients	Duration (days)	Eradication rate (%)
Baena et al. [50]	31	14	90
Bilardi et al. [51]	46	7	37
Elizalde et al. [52]	31	7	87
Choung et al. [53]	56	7	77
Choung et al. [53]	99	14	88
Su et al. [54]	87	7	84
Chung et al. [64]	90	7	82
Chung et al. [64]	101	14	85
Gasbarrini et al. [55]	9	7	88
Gisbert et al. [56]	30	7	57
Gisbert et al. [46]	9	7	78
Gomollón et al. [57]	21	7	95
Lee et al. [58]	20	7	68
Lee et al. [59]	63	7	75
Lee et al. [153]	112	7	64
Lee et al. [153]	115	10	83
Marko et al. [60]	27	7	63
Michopoulos et al. [61]	38	14	76
Navarro-Jarabo et al. [62]	54	7	70
Nista et al. [63]	70	7	63
Nista et al. [63]	70	14	68
Orsi et al. [93]	50	12	88
Perri et al. [154]	45	10	67
Perri et al. [92]	60	7	83
Sicilia et al. [155]	21	10	83
Usta et al. [156]	89	14	67
Uygun et al. [157]	100	14	82
Wong et al. [94]	53	7	91
Wu et al. [158]	47	7	77
Wu et al. [159]	62	7	81

Eradication rates by intention-to-treat analysis when available. H. pylori eradication rate (weighted mean) with quadruple therapy: 77%.