Abstract
Background: Lactobacillus- and Bifidobacterium-containing yogurt (AB-yogurt) can suppress Helicobacter pylori. Improvement of the eradication rate by quadruple therapy of residual H. pylori after failed triple therapy is needed. Objective: We tested whether prior treatment with AB-yogurt improved the efficacy of quadruple therapy in eradicating residual H. pylori after failed triple therapy. Design: One hundred thirty-eight patients in whom triple therapy failed were enrolled for a culture study of H. pylori to assess antimicrobial resistance. These patients were then randomly assigned in equal numbers to either a yogurt-plus-quadruple therapy group or a quadruple therapy-only group. The patients received 1 wk of quadruple therapy with or without a 4-wk pretreatment with AB-yogurt (400 mL/d). In the yogurt-plus-quadruple group, excessive δ13CO2/mL values of the 13C-urea breath test were collected before and every 2 wk during the 4-wk ingestion of yogurt. For both groups, a 13C-urea breath test was conducted ≥6 wk after the quadruple therapy to assess the outcome of residual H. pylori eradication. Results: For the patients in the yogurt-plus-quadruple therapy group infected with either antibiotic-sensitive or -resistant H. pylori, the excessive δ13CO2/mL values of the 13C-urea breath test were significantly decreased after the 4-wk ingestion of AB-yogurt (P < 0.0001). The yogurt-plus-quadruple therapy group had a higher H. pylori eradication rate than did the quadruple therapy-only group (intention-to-treat analysis: 85% compared with 71.1%, P < 0.05; per-protocol analysis: 90.8% compared with 76.6%, P < 0.05). Conclusion: A 4-wk pretreatment with AB-yogurt can decrease H. pylori loads despite antimicrobial resistance, thus improving the efficacy of quadruple therapy in eradicating residual H. pylori.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 864-869 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition |
Volume | 83 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2006 Apr 1 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Nutrition and Dietetics