Intraluminal Therapy for Infection-Comparison of Medicament Containing Tetracycline, Metronidazole, and Bismuth versus Amoxicillin, Metronidazole, and Clarithromycin: A Randomized Controlled Study.

can be eradicated immediately via local application of single-dose medicament on endoscopic examination. In our previous report, "the eradication rate of intraluminal therapy for infection (ILTHPI) is 53.7% (51/95) using medicament containing amoxicillin, metronidazole, and clarithromycin".

Factors Affecting the Intraluminal Therapy for Infection.

() can be eradicated immediately while conducting an endoscopic examination. The eradication rate of intraluminal therapy for infection (ILTHPI) is 53.7% (51/95) via local application of single-dose medicament containing amoxicillin, metronidazole, and clarithromycin.

The Impact of Gastric Juice pH on the Intraluminal Therapy for Infection.

Background: can be topically eradicated in stomach lumen on endoscopic examination. The procedures of intraluminal therapy for infection (ILTHPI) include the control of intragastric pH, mucolytic irrigation of the gastric mucosal surface, and a single-dose medicament containing antimicrobial agents.

Aims: To detect gastric juice pH and evaluate its impact on the success rate of ILTHPI.

Intraluminal therapy for Helicobacter pylori infection.

Background And Aim: Several strategies have been proposed to increase the eradication rate of Helicobacter pylori. However, the widespread increasing resistance rates to current multiple-dose oral antibiotic therapies call for alternative therapeutic approaches. We aim to develop a novel intraluminal therapy for H.

Colonization of in the gastric cardia: A comparison between the UFT300 and CLO tests.

Background And Aim: To assess the detection rates of colonization in the gastric cardia with two commercial kits of rapid urease test: 5 min UFT300 and 24 h CLO test in H. pylori-infected patients.

Methods: Eighty consecutive dyspeptic patients with confirmed H.

Off-treatment efficacy of 3-year nucleos(t)ide analogues in chronic hepatitis B patients.

Lamivudine, telbivudine, and entecavir are the first-line drugs covered by the Taiwan National Health Insurance as 3-year treatments for patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV), but the optimal treatment duration of each remains unclear. We aimed to detect HBV treatment-cessation durability, and compare the predictors in patients with and without clinical relapse. In this retrospective cohort study, 210 patients with chronic HBV who tested hepatitis B e-antigen positive or hepatitis B e-antigen negative were treated for 3 years with a nucleos(t)ide analogue.

Sequential therapy for 10 days versus triple therapy for 14 days in the eradication of in the community and hospital populations: a randomised trial.

Objective: Significant heterogeneity was observed in previous trials that assessed the efficacies of sequential therapy for 10 days (S10) versus triple therapy for 14 days (T14) in the first-line treatment of We aimed to compare the efficacy of S10 and T14 and assess the factors affecting their efficacies.

Design: We conducted this open-label randomised multicentre trial in eight hospitals and one community in Taiwan. 1300 adult subjects with infection naïve to treatment were randomised (1:1) to receive S10 (lansoprazole and amoxicillin for the first 5 days, followed by lansoprazole, clarithromycin and metronidazole for another 5 days) or T14 (lansoprazole, amoxicillin and clarithromycin for 14 days).

The Role of Liver in Determining Serum Colon-Derived Uremic Solutes.

Evidence has shown that indoxyl sulfate (IS) and p-cresyl sulfate (PCS) may be alternative predictors of clinical outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Both toxins are derived from the gastrointestinal tract and metabolised in the liver. However, it is unclear whether the liver affects the production of IS and PCS.

The Primary Resistance of Helicobacter pylori in Taiwan after the National Policy to Restrict Antibiotic Consumption and Its Relation to Virulence Factors-A Nationwide Study.

Objective: The Taiwan Government issued a policy to restrict antimicrobial usage since 2001. We aimed to assess the changes in the antibiotic consumption and the primary resistance of H. pylori after this policy and the impact of virulence factors on resistance.

Large-volume endoscopic injection of epinephrine plus normal saline for peptic ulcer bleeding.

Background And Aim: Large-volume endoscopic injection of epinephrine has been proven to significantly reduce rates of recurrent peptic ulcer bleeding. Injection of normal saline may be equally effective for the similar hemostatic effect of local tamponade. The aim of our study was to compare the therapeutic effects of large-volume (40 mL) endoscopic injections of epinephrine, normal saline and a combination of the two in patients with active bleeding ulcers.

Optimal injection volume of epinephrine for endoscopic treatment of peptic ulcer bleeding.

Aim: To define the optimal injection volume of epinephrine with high efficacy for hemostasis and low complication rate in patients with actively bleeding ulcers.

Methods: This prospective, randomized, comparative trial was conducted in a medical center. A total of 228 patients with actively bleeding ulcers (spurting or oozing) were randomly assigned to three groups with 20, 30 and 40 mL endoscopic injections of an 1:10000 solution of epinephrine.

Clinical features of human intestinal capillariasis in Taiwan.

Human intestinal capillariasis is a rare parasitosis that was first recognized in the Philippines in the 1960 s. Parasitosis is a life threatening disease and has been reported from Thailand, Japan, South of Taiwan (Kaoh-Siung), Korea, Iran, Egypt, Italy and Spain. Its clinical symptoms are characterized by chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, borborygmus, marked weight loss, protein and electrolyte loss and cachexia.