Effect of PPIs on Stool DNA Test for H. Pylori

Exclusion Criteria

• •Prior H. pylori eradication therapy;
• •Pregnant or lactating women;
• •Acute gastrointestinal bleeding;
• •History of subtotal gastrectomy;
• •Severe dysfunction of vital organs (heart, liver, kidney, lungs, etc.) or congenital diseases, such as class IV cardiac insufficiency, liver failure, uremia, respiratory failure, hemophilia, Wilson's disease, etc.;
• •Refusal of enrollment by the guardian or the patient;
• •Alcohol and/or drug abuse (addiction or dependence), or poor compliance as judged by the investigator;
• •Individuals without legal capacity or with impaired insight;
• •Abnormal neurological signs on physical examination;
• •Use of oral antibiotics with bactericidal activity against H. pylori within 4 weeks.