Antibiotic resistance is becoming an alarming problem with many types of bacteria, including H. pylori. One study showed various degrees of resistance to the top four antibiotics used to treat H. pylori and 90 percent resistance to four second-line antibiotics.
One way to approach this is to test individual patients with the infection for antibiotic susceptibility and to prevent the overuse of antibiotics. Some research is also examining alternative treatments.

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