H. pylori Resistant to Metronidazole, Tetracycline and Amoxycillin – (09-11-00)

H. pylori Resistant to Metronidazole, Tetracycline and Amoxycillin

So, now that Western medicine has decided we need to kill H. pylori wherever it is found, we have begun to create superbugs resistant to the antibiotics we throw at it. Ironically, H. pylori does not survive well in a basic environment, and yet many of the therapies for ulcers are focusing on reducing acid…

J Antimicrob Chemother 2000;46:121-123 “The reason that so many multiresistant strains were identified may reflect extensive use of these three antibiotics in this area,” the authors note. They suggest that therapy regimens should be adjusted to include one of these three antibiotics combined with another agent, such as clarithromycin, for which rates of resistance are low and in vitro efficacy high. Dr. Wu’s group also recommends testing for “antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria before treating patients.”