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ArticleJournal of pathogens2015

An Additive Effect of Oral N-Acetyl Cysteine on Eradication of Helicobacter pylori.

Seyed Mohammad-Taghi Hamidian, Najmeh-Sadat Aletaha, Reza Taslimi, Mohammad Montazeri

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Article in Journal of pathogens, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. N-acetylcysteine as an adjuvant therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  6. [The Recurrence ofThe Korean journal of helicobacter and upper gastrointestinal research · 2023
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  7. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  9. Helicobacter pylori recrudescence and its influencing factors.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2019
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  10. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Seyed Mohammad-Taghi HamidianDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol 47176 41367, Iran.
Najmeh-Sadat AletahaDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Reza TaslimiDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad MontazeriYoung Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRBabol University of Medical Sciences · IRIslamic Azad University, Babol

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background. Helicobacter pylori is highly adapted to the gastric environment where it lives within or beneath the gastric mucous layer. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the addition of N-acetyl cysteine to the treatment regimen of H. pylori infection would affect eradication rates of the disease. Methods. A total of 79 H. pylori positive patients were randomized to two therapeutic groups. Both groups received a 14-day course of three-drug regimen including amoxicillin/clarithromycin/omeprazole. Experimental group (38 subjects) received NAC, and control group (41 subjects) received placebo, besides three-drug regimen. H. pylori eradication was evaluated by urea breath test at least 4 weeks after the cessation of therapy. Results. The rate of H. pylori eradication was 72.9% and 60.9% in experimental and control groups, respectively (P = 0.005). By logistic regression modeling, female gender (OR 3.68, 95% CI: 1.06-5.79; P = 0.040) and treatment including NAC (OR 1.88, 95% CI: 0.68-3.15; P = 0.021) were independent factors associated with H. pylori eradication. Conclusion. The results of the present study show that NAC has an additive effect on the eradication rates of H. pylori obtained with three-drug regimen and appears to be a promising means of eradicating H. pylori infection.

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