The clinical management of established or suspected Helicobacter pylori might get easier on the basis of two studies presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology addressing different aspects of infection.
One study involves a simpler and faster way to establish antibiotic resistance; the other outlined a strategy to reduce repeat endoscopies after a negative result.
The shortcut to establishing antibiotic resistance hinges on next-generation sequencing of stool