TY - JOUR T1 - Digest JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 1 LP - 1 DO - 10.1136/gut.52.1.1-a VL - 52 IS - 1 AU - Ian Forgacs Y1 - 2003/01/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/52/1/1.2.abstract N2 - A few years ago I just about won a debate at the BSG opposing the motion that testing and treating for Helicobacter pylori was an acceptable strategy in primary care. How strongly I believed in the argument seemed irrelevant at the time. Yet the world moves on and more evidence accumulates. Delaney highlights a clinical @lert which suggests that test and treat followed by endoscopy for non-responders was less effective than incorporating a trial of a proton pump inhibitor (whether or not test and treat were incorporated into the treatment programme). Whether a tester, a treater, or an endoscopist do try … ER -