Question

A 49-year-old returns from travel with epigastric pain; noninvasive testing confirms H. pylori. No prior therapy; no penicillin allergy. According to ACG 2024, preferred first-line regimen when susceptibility unknown?

Accepted Answer

Optimized bismuth quadruple therapy 14 days

Answer

Clarithromycin triple therapy 10 days

Answer

Levofloxacin triple therapy 10 days

Answer

PPI + amoxicillin dual therapy 7 days

Answer

Concomitant therapy 7 days

Practice question

A 49-year-old returns from travel with epigastric pain; noninvasive testing confirms H. pylori. No prior therapy; no penicillin allergy. According to ACG 2024, preferred first-line regimen when susceptibility unknown?