<i>Helicobacter pylori</i> resistance to antibiotics in Europe and its relationship to antibiotic consumption

Abstract

In many countries the high rate of clarithromycin resistance no longer allows its empirical use in standard anti-H pylori regimens. The knowledge of outpatient antibiotic consumption may provide a simple tool to predict the susceptibility of H pylori to quinolones and to macrolides and to adapt the treatment strategies.