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Section Type: METHODS

Text: A descriptive, prospective study was carried out between the months of June and August, 2008, at the Gastroenterology Service of the Cayetano Heredia National Hospital (HNCH) in which patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia infected with HP (diagnosed bya biopsy) were randomized and divided into two groups : the control group was treated with Amoxicillin (1g VO e/12h), Clarithromycin (500 mg VO e/12h) and Omeprazole (20 mg VO e/12h) and the study group received Amoxicillin (1g VO e/12h), Clarithromycin (500 mg VO e/12h) and Esomeprazole (20 mg VO e/12h) ; both treatments were administered over a period of ten days.