Helicobacter Pylori: A Better Test, Low Cure Rates, High Resistance - 3 Studies from DDW
Highlights of H. pylori-focused research at Digestive Disease Week: a noninvasive assessment tool, need for eradication testing, and patterns of treatment resistance.
Three studies at Digestive Disease Week 2018 (June 2-5, 2018, Washington, DC) explored challenges in effective management of infection with Helicobacter pylori. Click through the slides above for highlights of:
- Research to develop/validate a scoring system that will stratify H. pylori risk, help limit gastric biopsies
- A study that indicates very low use of eradication testing for patients treated for H. pylori
- Research that identifies patterns of international H. pylori treatment failure and antibiotic resistance
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