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To the Editor: We reported (Feb. 4 issue)¹ on the effect of ranitidine and amoxicillin plus metronidazole on the eradication of Helicobacter pylori and the recurrence of duodenal ulcer within one year. Ulcers recurred in 1 of 46 patients in whom H. pylori had been eradicated, as compared with 45 of 53 in whom H. pylori persisted (2 percent vs. 85 percent, P<0.001). We now report two-year follow-up data. Endoscopy was repeated 24 months after initial therapy or if symptoms recurred.

After successful eradication, reinfection with H. pylori developed in 5 of 46 patients (11 percent) within two years. This . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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