Camylobactor Treatment

[Olias7]

Is Metronidazole a "normal" treatment for Camylobactor/Pylori infections?

Thanks!

[Kevin Pho, MD]

Erythromycin or ciprofloxacin are the antibiotics typically used for Campylobacter.

H Pylori is more complicated.  This requires a regimen of two antibiotics and a proton pump inhibitor.  There are several options available:
1) amoxicillin/clarithromycin and a PPI
2) metronidazole/clarithromycin and a PPI
3) bismuth/metronidazole/tetracycline and a PPI.

These options can be discussed with your personal physician or in conjunction with a GI evaluation.

Followup with your personal physician is essential.

This answer is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice - the information presented is for patient education only. Please see your personal physician for further evaluation of your individual case.

Kevin, M.D.
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[Olias7]

Thanks -- that's what I thought.  I'm doing research for my wife -- She was recently diagnosed with Vulvodynia/Vestibulitis.  Since so little is known about V V, patients are kind of on their own to learn how to best deal with it.  Anyway, I found a few other V V patients that had previous bouts with camylobactor that started a period of frequent yeast infections and then, eventually, the diagnosis of V V.  

In going over my wife's medical records from her 2001 bout with camylo, I found things that weren't making sense since she was trated with flagyl, 250 mg twice daily, 16 days.  The hospital that treated her recommended I get the stool culture results from her primary Dr. since that's where the "final" reports would have gone.  

And that's where I go next.  It is possible she had H. Pylori -- since it, I think, is either aggravated and or brought on via camylobactor.  The Dr. that treated her at the hospital said he thought she had Intractable Diarrea (diarrhea), so he put her on flagyl pending the results of all the tests they would subsequently do during her stay.

Again, thanks -- this is a very helpful site!