Table 1
Schedule of seven day course of treatment for
H pylori
infection in children
Treatment
Total daily dose
Times per day
Maximum dosage
Colloidal bismuth subcitrate
480 mg/1.73 m
2
body surface area
Four
120 mg four times daily
Clarithromycin
15 mg/kg
Two
250 mg twice daily
Metronidazole
20 mg/kg
Three
200 mg three times daily