期刊名称:Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition
印刷版ISSN:0912-0009
电子版ISSN:1880-5086
出版年度:2009
卷号:44
期号:2
页码:119-124
DOI:10.3164/jcbn.08-220R
出版社:The Society for Free Radical Research Japan
摘要:Currently, a standard third-line therapy for Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) eradication remains to be established. Quinolones show good oral absorption, no major side effects, and marked activity against H. pylori . Several authors have studied quinolone-based third-line therapy and reported encouraging results, with the reported H. pylori cure rates ranging from 60% to 84%. Resistance to quinolones is easily acquired, and the resistance rate is relatively high in countries with a high consumption rate of these drugs. We recently reported a significant difference in the eradication rate obtained between patients infected with gatifloxacin-susceptible and gatifloxacin-resistant H. pylori , suggesting that the selection of quinolones for third-line therapy should be based on the results of drug susceptibility testing. As other alternatives of third-line rescue therapies, rifabutin-based triple therapy, high-dose proton pump inhibitor/amoxicillin therapy and furazolidone-based therapy have been suggested.