Patients with serious concomitant diseases including congestive cardiac failure CCF, cerebrovascular disease CVD, decompensated diabetes, coagulation alterations, and cirrhosis were excluded. Patients who had had prior gastric surgery, or had allergies to penicillin or IBP, or were addicted to drugs or alcohol, or who had psychiatric illnesses were also excluded. In addition, women in their reproductive years who were not using birth control or who were pregnant or lactating were excluded.
Enfermedades concomitantes serias: insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva ICC, enfermedad cerebrovascular ECV, diabetes descompensada, alteraciones de la coagulación, cirrosis, cirugía gástrica previa, mujeres en etapa reproductiva que no estuvieran planificando, embarazadas o que estuvieran lactando, alérgicos a penicilinas o a IBP, adicción a drogas o alcohol, enfermedades siquiátricas.