Helicobacter pylori infection in hemodialysis patients: Susceptibility to amoxicillin and clarithromycin

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and frequencies of antibiotic resistance in the two study groups.

	Non-uremic patients n = 46	ESRD patients n = 33	P
Mean age (yr)	43±14	42±14	>0.05
Female/Male	26/20 (43.5%)	17/16 (48.5%)	>0.05
Hemodialysis duration (yr)		4.1±2.8
Clarithromycin resistance	15.2% (7/46)	36.4% (12/33)	<0.05
Amoxicillin resistance	0% (0/46)	0% (0/33)

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the ESRD and non-uremic patients with clarithromycin-resistant and susceptible H pylori strains.

	Resistant	Susceptible	P
ESRD patients
n	12	21
Mean age (yr)	42.9±12.6	40.9±14.7	>0.05
Female/Male	7/5	10/11
Hemodialysis duration (yr)	5.6±3.8	3.3±1.8	>0.05
Non-uremic patients
n	7	39
Mean age (yr)	49±17	42±14	>0.05
Female/Male	4/3	22/17