“…Recent meta-analyses have consistently shown its advantage over triple therapy. 33,34 In addition, several recent studies over the last 4 years 18,19,35-50 evaluating the efficacy of concomitant therapy have been conducted in Latin America, 35 Asia (Thailand, 36 Japan, 37 Taiwan, 38,39 China, 40 and Korea 19,41,42 ), and Europe (Spain, [43][44][45] Greece, 46,47 Italy, 48,49 and Turkey 18,50 ). Regardless of the duration of therapy, all studies showed intention-totreat cure rates ranging between 85% and 94%, with the exceptions of regions where dual resistance is high (Turkey 18 and Korea 19 ) or where the duration of therapy tested was possibly too short (5 days in Latin America 35 and Korea 37 ).…”