Overview
- The Mexican Association of Gastroenterology reports that about 70% of people in Mexico carry Helicobacter pylori, a known risk factor for gastric cancer.
- Transmission commonly occurs in households and through unsafe water and poor hygiene, with a mother's infection raising a child's risk roughly 13-fold.
- Rising antibiotic resistance in Mexico is reducing the effectiveness of standard eradication therapies, prompting a shift toward stronger acid suppression.
- AMG clinicians say newer regimens using P-CABs can raise cure rates to about 91% versus roughly 78% with older protocols.
- A pilot study beginning in Veracruz will enroll around 500 patients to test updated treatments, with plans to extend to Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero if outcomes are favorable.