Background: Different antibiotics, antagonist H2 and others have been used for elimination and/or eradication of Helicobacter pylori.
Aims: Evaluate elimination of Helicobacter pylori with amoxicillin, bismuth subsalicylate and ranitidine; and the improvement of recurrent abdominal pain.
Method: 20 children with recurrent abdominal pain associated to gastritis and histologic identification of Helicobacter pylori were studied under a period of 18 months (January 1992 to June 1993), at Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, México, D.F. All children were treated simultaneously with: Amoxicillin, 15 days, plus ranitidine and bismuth subsalicylate for one month.
Results: Helicobacter pylori was eliminated in 14 of 20 children studied. All these children had an important improvement of recurrent abdominal pain.
Conclusion: Elimination of Helicobacter pylori and clinical improvement was present in 14 of 20 children studied (70%).