Tag: Amoxicillin

Cuadruple concomitant non-bismuth therapy vs. classical triple therapy as first line therapy for Helicobacter pylori infection

This 2016 observational retrospective study compared the efficacy of quadruple concomitant non-bismuth therapy (amoxicillin, clarithromycin, metronidazole, and a proton pump inhibitor) versus classical triple therapy (amoxicillin, clarithromycin, and a proton pump inhibitor) as first-line treatments for Helicobacter pylori infection. Among 510 patients treated between January 2012 and May 2014, the

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Same Exposure but Two Radically Different Responses to Antibiotics: Resilience of the Salivary Microbiome versus Long-Term Microbial Shifts in Feces

This 2015 randomized, placebo-controlled study assessed how four common antibiotics (clindamycin, ciprofloxacin, amoxicillin, minocycline) affect the oral and gut microbiota in 66 healthy adults over a year. The study found that the salivary microbiome displayed high resilience, quickly reverting to baseline after antibiotic exposure. In contrast, the fecal microbiome exhibited

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