Rifaximin Plus Levofloxacin-Based Rescue Regimen for the Eradication of Helicobacter pylori.

Background/aims: This study assessed the efficacy of a rifaximin plus levofloxacin-based rescue regimen in patients that had failed both triple and quadruple standard regimens for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori.

Methods: We treated patients for H. pylori between August 2009 and April 2011.

Idiopathic proximal hemimegacolon in an adult woman.

Idiopathic proximal hemimegacolon is a disorder characterized by bowel dilatation proximal to the splenic flexure. It is a very rare and therefore a poorly understood clinical entity. This report describes a case of idiopathic proximal hemimegacolon in a 44-year-old woman.

Deglutition syncope associated with ventricular asystole in a patient with permanent atrial fibrillation.

Deglutition syncope is a situational syncope that is diagnosed only by a detailed history. We report deglutition syncope in a 62-year-old man, who had permanent atrial fibrillation. The patient had no structural or functional abnormalities of the esophagus.