S3-Leitlinie "Helicobacter pylori und gastroduodenale Ulkuskrankheit" der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten (DGVS) in Zusammenarbeit mit der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie, Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Gastroenterologie und Ernährung e. V. und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie - AWMF-Register-Nr. 021/ 001 S3-Guideline "Helicobacter Pylori and Gastroduodenal Ulcer Disease"

" Helicobacter pylori ● " gastroduodenal ulcer ● " ulcer disease Abstract ! This guideline updates a prior concensus re- commendation of the German Society for Diges- tive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS) from 1996. It was developed by an interdisciplinary coop- eration with representatives of the German So- ciety for Microbiology, the Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (GPGE) and the German Society for Rheumatology. The guide- line is methodologically based on recommenda- tions of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF) for providing a systematic evidence-based consensus guideline of S 3 level and has also implemented grading criteria according to GRADE (Grading of Recom- mendations Assessment, Development and Eva- luation). Clinical applicability of study results as well as specifics for Germany in terms of epide- miology, antibiotic resistance status, diagnostics and therapy were taken into account.