Meta-analysis: Is combination of tetracycline and amoxicillin suitable for Helicobacter pylori infection?

Table 3 Characteristics of included studies in sequential treatment

Ref.	Region	Publication	Participants	H. pylori infection Initial diagnosis⁄re-checking	Inventions (duration)	Total (treatment/contrlo)	Follow-up (wk)	Eradication rate and P	Jadad scores
Uygun et al[41], 2008	Turkey	Full text	Non-ulcer dyspepsia	UBT and histology/UBT	PA 7-PMT 7 vs PAC 14	150/150	6	72% vs 58%	3
Nadir et al[44], 2011	Turkey	Full text	Non-ulcer dyspepsia	Histology/UBT	LA 7-LMT 7 vs LAC 14	60/120	6	72% vs 54%	2
Demir et al[47], 2011	Turkey	Full text	Non-ulcer Dyspeptic patients	UBT/UBT	PA 7-PMT 7 vs PAC 14	57/29	4	56% vs 59%	3
Kadayifci et al[51], 2012	Turkey	Full text	Non-ulcer Dyspeptic patients	UBT and histology/UBT	LA 7-LCT 7 vs LA 7-LCM 7	100/100	4	72% vs 61%	2

UBT: Urea breath test; RUT: Rapid urease test; O: Omeprazole; A: Amoxicillin; T: Tetracycline; B: Bismuth; C: Clarithromycin; M: Metrodinazole; P: Pantoprazole; E: Esomeprazole; L: Lansoprazole; D: Doxycycline; F: Furazolidone; Le: Levofloxacin; RBC: Ranitidine bismuth citrate.