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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2014; 20(18): 5205-5211
Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5205
Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5205
Culture-guided treatment approach for Helicobacter pylori infection: Review of the literature
Giovanni Cammarota, Gianluca Ianiro, Stefano Bibbò, Teresa Antonella Di Rienzo, Antonio Gasbarrini, Division of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, A Gemelli University Hospital, 00168 Rome, Italy
Luca Masucci, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Department of Microbiology, A Gemelli University Hospital, 00168 Rome, Italy
Author contributions: Cammarota G contributed to study concept and design; Cammarota G, Ianiro G, Bibbò S and Di Rienzo TA contributed to drafting of the manuscript; Cammarota G, Ianiro G, Bibbò S, Di Rienzo TA, Masucci L, Sanguinetti M and Gasbarrini A contributed to critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; Cammarota G contributed to final approval of the version to be published.
Correspondence to: Giovanni Cammarota, Professor, Division of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, A Gemelli University Hospital, Largo A Gemelli 8, 00168 Roma, Italy. gcammarota@rm.unicatt.it
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Received: September 25, 2013
Revised: December 9, 2013
Accepted: January 19, 2014
Published online: May 14, 2014
Revised: December 9, 2013
Accepted: January 19, 2014
Published online: May 14, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: Eradication of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) has become hard to achieve, mainly because of the decrease of standard therapies and the rise of antibiotic resistance. The role of antibiotic susceptibility testing in the management of H. pylori infection is therefore becoming greater than in the past. This paper provides an overview of data in the literature about the culture-guided approach against H. pylori infection.