Linda Cummings

INTRODUCTION: Increasing antimicrobial resistance with Helicobacter pylori infection has focused efforts to tailor eradication therapy based on identifying genetic markers of resistance to predict antimicrobial susceptibility. METHODS: In this retrospective study, we report the effect of routine inclusion of antimicrobial susceptibility testing and recommendations for eradication therapy with gastric specimens with H. pylori . RESULTS: The use of a recommended treatment regimen based on genetic markers of resistance was associated with an 84% rate of eradication success and 4.4 greater odds of eradication relative to unrecommended treatment. DISCUSSION: This is the first study describing the use of H. pylori genetic resistance testing as standard of care.