A 50-year-old newly diagnosed with H. pylori after travel completed 14-day bismuth quadruple therapy. What confirms eradication?...

Question

A 50-year-old newly diagnosed with H. pylori after travel completed 14-day bismuth quadruple therapy. What confirms eradication?

Accepted Answer

Noninvasive test (urea breath test or stool antigen) ≥4 weeks after therapy and off PPIs for 2 weeks

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Symptom resolution alone

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Serology

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Immediate urea breath test while on PPI

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Repeat endoscopy mandatory

us-abim MCQ (SBA): Helicobacter pylori Infection