Furazolidone, amoxicillin, bismuth and rabeprazole quadruple rescue therapy for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori

Table 4 Side-effect profile of patients n (%)

Side effects	Group A	Group B	Group C	Total
Nausea	2	1	2	5 (8.3)
Diarrhea	1	1	1	3 (5.0)
Bowel movement increasing	0	1	1	2 (3.3)
Dizziness	0	0	2	2 (3.3)
Headache	0	0	1	1 (1.7)
Asthenia	1	0	0	1 (1.7)
Total episodes	4	3	7	14 (23.3)
Total patients1	2 (10)	3 (15)	6 (30)	11 (18.3)

Two patients got two kinds of side effects in group A and group C, respectively;

¹χ² = 2.89, P > 0.05.