Abstract: A method of treating patients who are positive for Helicobacter pylori infection comprises determining that a first patient who is positive for Helicobacter pylori infection has a body mass index corresponding to normal weight or overweight; determining that a second patient who is positive for Helicobacter pylori infection has a body mass index corresponding to obese or extremely obese; and administering to both the first patient and the second patient, for 14 days, a rifabutin-based triple therapy consisting essentially of rifabutin, amoxicillin and omeprazole or an equivalent amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, after treatment is complete, there is no substantial difference in the efficacy of the treatment when the treatment is administered to the first patient or the second patient.

Abstract: A method of treating patients who are positive for Helicobacter pylori infection comprises determining that a first patient who is positive for Helicobacter pylori infection has a body mass index corresponding to normal weight or overweight; determining that a second patient who is positive for Helicobacter pylori infection has a body mass index corresponding to obese or extremely obese; and administering to both the first patient and the second patient, for 14 days, a rifabutin-based triple therapy consisting essentially of rifabutin, amoxicillin and omeprazole or an equivalent amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, after treatment is complete, there is no substantial difference in the efficacy of the treatment when the treatment is administered to the first patient or the second patient.

Abstract: A method of treating patients who are positive for Helicobacter pylori infection comprises determining that a first patient who is positive for Helicobacter pylori infection has a body mass index corresponding to normal weight or overweight; determining that a second patient who is positive for Helicobacter pylori infection has a body mass index corresponding to obese or extremely obese; and administering to both the first patient and the second patient, for 14 days, a rifabutin-based triple therapy consisting essentially of rifabutin, amoxicillin and omeprazole or an equivalent amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, after treatment is complete, there is no substantial difference in the efficacy of the treatment when the treatment is administered to the first patient or the second patient.