Helico_expert wrote:you will need to find a good gastroenterologist who has access to good laboratory that can help you culture the bacteria. You'll need to request your gastroenterologist to perform an antibiotic sensitivity test on your mother's strain to find out the best antibiotic combination.
Thank you for sharing this advice with us. Since 2012, my mom has been seen by three different gastroenterologists; whereas, her case is often escalated to another doctor due to how complex it is. The following are the antibiotic regiments that she took for about a half of a month:
#1- 6/28/12- Clarithromycin, Amoxicillin, Omeprazole (Gastroenterologist)
#2- 12/11/12- Pylera (Bismuth, Metronidazole, Tetracycline) -(Gastroenterologist)
#3- 3/23/13- Doxycycline, Metronidazole, Omeprazole - (Gastroenterologist)
#4- 7/10/13- Levaquin, Amoxicillin, Metronidazole, Omeprazole (Gastroenterologist)
After the treatment above, it was recommended that she should see an infectious disease doctor because they hadn't seen a case where H. Pylori would not have gone away after enduring this regiments. This doctor recommended the following regiment for about a half of a month:
#5- 4/20/14- Tetracycline, Metronidazole, Omeprazole - (Infectious Disease Doctor)
After each of the regiments above, her doctors have taken time to research, strategize and then order follow-up tests, which continue to come back positive for H. Pylori. All of her doctors have tried their best, but her case really has them confused. She now has a new infectious disease doctor because the former infectious disease doctor in 2014 also agreed that her case needed to be escalated to a better hospital facility in my country. In your experience, have you come across any other antibiotic regiments that have been seen to be successful? If so, what were they? If not, have you come across any other steps to take after someone has seen gastroenterologists and infectious disease doctors but continue to have H. Pylori?