| Recommendation for Helicobacter pylori
eradication |
Level of evidence |
Grade of recommendation |
| Duodenal/gastric ulcer (active or not, including
complicated peptic ulcer disease) |
1a |
A |
| MALToma |
1c |
A |
| Atrophic gastritis |
2a |
B |
| After gastric cancer resection |
3b |
B |
| First-degree relatives of patients with gastric cancer |
3b |
B |
| Appropriate in case of investigated nonulcer dyspepsia |
1a |
A |
| Helicobacter pylori test and treat in case of
uninvestigated dyspepsia (except for regions with low H. pylori
prevalence) |
1a |
A |
| Valuable option in chronic NSAID users but insufficient
to prevent NSAID-related ulcer disease completely |
1b |
A |
| H. pylori test and treat in case of
unexplained iron deficiency anemia |
n.m. |
n.m. |
| H. pylori test and treat in case of idiopathic
thrombocytopenic purpura |
n.m. |
n.m. |
