Treatment of Helicobacter pylori in surgical practice: A randomised trial of triple versus quadruple therapy in a rural district general hospital

Table 1 Inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria

Criteria
Inclusion criteria	Dyspeptic symptoms
	Has recent OGD (duodenal ulcer; gastric ulcer; gastritis or non-ulcer dyspepsia)
	Positive for H pylori on histology and culture or CLO test or 13C-urea breath test
Exclusion criteria	Age less than 18 or above 75 yr
	Symptomatic gallstones
	Treated with antibiotic or bismuth-containing drugs during the month prior to inclusion
	Treated with proton pump inhibitor during the week prior to inclusion
	Disturbed gastrointestinal physiology (gastric surgery; vagotomy; Zollinger-Ellison syndrome; chronic ingestion of NSAIDs)
	Concomitant serious disease
	Concomitant medications that may adversely interact with the study drugs (e.g. warfarin, anti-epileptics)
	Pregnancy and breast-feeding
	Childbearing age without adequate contraception
	Allergy to drugs used in the study
	Mental illness
	Heavy drinking or abuse of drugs