Rescue Therapy for Helicobacter Pylori

Helicobacter pylori(H. pylori, Hp) is a major etiological agent in chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, gastric cancer, and gastric MALT lymphoma. Guideline recommend antimicrobial susceptibility testing following initial treatment failure to guide personalized therapy and improve eradication rates. However, conventional susceptibility testing faces two major limitations: 1) reliance on invasive endoscopic biopsy for tissue acquisition, and 2) dependency on bacterial culture, which is complex and time-consuming. Fecal-based antimicrobial resistance gene testing overcomes these barriers, offering distinct advantages of being non-invasive, rapid and accurate, thereby improving patient compliance. This study aims to elucidate the diagnostic value of fecal nucleic acid testing for H. pyloriinfection and to evaluate the eradication rate and safety of tailored triple therapy regimens selected based on fecal resistance gene profiles.