A client is diagnosed with Helicobacter pylori infection. the health care provider will order amoxicillin and what other type of medication is clarithromycin.
Helicobacter pylori, or H. pylori, is a class of bacteria that can infect the duodenum or stomach (first part of the small intestine). It's the main reason why peptic ulcer disease occurs. Additionally, H. pylori can aggravate and inflame the stomach lining (gastritis).
Most places no longer consider the traditional triple therapy—a proton pump inhibitor, amoxicillin, and clarithromycin—to be the first-line therapy. Recent recommendations for the first-line therapy for H. pylori infection recommend a triple regimen (bismuth or non-bismuth).
When using numerous antibiotics for an extended period of time, the resistance rate always rises but is still effective for areas with high metronidazole or clarithromycin resistance rates.
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