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Section Type: METHODS

Text: Helicobacter pylori-positive patients (224) with peptic ulcer disease or non-ulcer dyspepsia were randomized to receive one of three different omeprazole or lansoprazole-amoxycillin-clarithromycin (PPI/AC) regimens for 7 days : (1) OAC 20 regimen (n = 76), omeprazole (OPZ) 20 mg daily, amoxycillin (AMOX) 500 mg t. d. s. and clarithromycin (CAM) 200 mg b. d.; (2) LAC 30 regimen (n = 73), Lansoprazole (LPZ) 30 mg daily, AMOX 500 mg t. d. s. and CAM 200 mg b. d.; and (3) OPZ 40 regimen (n = 75), OPZ 20 b. d., AMOX 500 mg t. d. s. and CAM 200 mg b. d. Cure of the infection was determined by the [13C] - urea breath test, 1 month after completion of the treatment.