Follow up of serial urea breath test results in patients after consumption of antibiotics for non-gastric infections

Table 1 Results of serial urea breath tests in the study patients

Baseline	UBT		No. of patients
	1-wk post-antibacterial therapy	6-wk post-antibacterial therapy
Neg	Neg	Neg	9
Neg	Neg	Pos	1
Neg	Pos	Pos	6
Pos	Neg	Pos	2
Pos	Pos	Neg	1*
Pos	Pos	Pos	16
		Total	35

*This patient was given specific anti-Helicobacter therapy between second and third urea breath tests by his primary care physicians. Pos = positive; Neg = negative