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ArticleSingapore medical journal2017

The diagnosis and management of H. pylori infection in Singapore.

Claire Alexandra Zhen Chew, Tong Fong Lye, Daphne Ang, Tiing Leong Ang

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Article in Singapore medical journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Managing dyspepsia as a generalist.Singapore medical journal · 2025
    Article
  2. Prevalence, Management, and Outcomes of Non-InvasivePediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2024
    Article
  3. The link betweenAnnals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery · 2023
    Review
  4. Population- and Gender-Based Investigation for Prevalence ofCanadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2023
    Article
  5. Clinical audit of currentSingapore medical journal · 2022
    Article
  6. Gut and liver · 2021
    Review
  7. Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Claire Alexandra Zhen ChewDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
Tong Fong LyeCentral 24-HR Clinic Group, Singapore.
Daphne AngDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
Tiing Leong AngDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
Changi General Hospital · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is an infection that has a role in causing dyspepsia and complications such as peptic ulcer disease and gastric malignancies. In the primary care setting, one can adopt a stepwise approach with the 'test-and-treat' strategy to manage H. pylori-associated dyspepsia in young patients without alarm symptoms. Empiric first-line therapies should be for a two-week duration; options include clarithromycin-containing triple therapy alone or with the addition of bismuth, concomitant therapy and bismuth quadruple therapy. Post-treatment carbon urea breath test must be performed at least four weeks after the end of treatment to confirm the cure. Options for empiric second-line treatment include bismuth quadruple therapy and levofloxacin-containing triple therapy. Patients with persistent or alarm symptoms should be referred for further evaluation. Patients with persistent infection should be referred for gastroscopy so that gastric biopsies can be obtained for H. pylori culture and antibiotic susceptibility testing.

Indexed as

AntacidsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBismuthBreath TestsClarithromycinDrug Therapy, CombinationDyspepsiaGastroscopyHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumansLevofloxacinSingaporeAntacidsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBismuthClarithromycinLevofloxacinacid suppressionantibiotic resistancedyspepsiaH. pylori

Identifiers

PMID28536725
PMCPMC5435840
OpenAlexW2615154762

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