Document Classification

Section Type: METHODS

Text: A total of 285 patients with H. pylori infection were given a 7-day treatment with pantoprazole 40 mg b. d., clarythromycin 500 mg b. d., and amoxicillin 1 g b. d. Patients who were still infected were randomly given one of the following 14-day treatments : RBC 400 mg b. d. plus amoxicillin 1 g b. d. and tinidazole 500 mg b. d. (RAT group), RBC 400 mg b. d. plus amoxicillin 1 g b. d. and clarythromycin 500 mg b. d. (RAC group), and RBC 400 mg b. d. plus clarythromycin 500 mg b. d. and tinidazole 500 mg b. d. (RCT group).