A 28-year-old with first-trimester nausea and epigastric pain has confirmed H. pylori infection. She cannot tolerate bismuth. Which is the preferred a...

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A 28-year-old with first-trimester nausea and epigastric pain has confirmed H. pylori infection. She cannot tolerate bismuth. Which is the preferred approach now?

Accepted Answer

Defer eradication therapy until after pregnancy unless complications arise

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Start clarithromycin triple therapy

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Start levofloxacin triple therapy

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Start rifabutin-based triple therapy

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Start tetracycline-based bismuth quadruple therapy

us-usmle-step-2 MCQ (SBA): H. pylori in Pregnancy

A 28-year-old with first-trimester nausea and epigastric pain has confirmed H. pylori infection. She cannot tolerate bismuth. Which is the preferred approach now?