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Section Type: METHODS

Text: Seventy consecutive, H. pylori-positive patients were randomly pre-treated with lansoprazole 30 mg o. d. (once daily) or pantoprazole 40 mg o. d. for two days, and subsequently respectively assigned to one of the two following treatment regimens, given for only three days : regimen A (LAT) comprising lansoprazole 30 mg o. d. plus azithromycin 500 mg o. d. and tinidazole 500 mg b. i. d. (bis in die), or regimen B (PAT) comprising pantoprazole 40 mg o. d. plus azithromycin 500 mg o. d. and tinidazole 500 mg b. i. d. H. pylori status was evaluated by means of histology and rapid urease test at entry, and by 13C-urea breath test alone 8 weeks after treatment.