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Breakpoints were defined according to the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Among 144 patients (mean age 57.1\u2009\u00b1\u200910.8\u2009years; 27.8% male), 88 were culture positive (61.1%), yielding 109 isolates. Resistance rates were high for clarithromycin (89.9%), levofloxacin (86.2%), metronidazole (71.6%), and ciprofloxacin (87.2%), while tetracycline resistance was 15.6%. A temporal trend analysis revealed a marked and statistically significant increase in amoxicillin resistance (odds ratio per year, 1.60; 95% confidence interval, 1.31\u20131.96;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), while resistance to other key antimicrobials remained persistently high but stable.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In refractory\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">H. pylori<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection, there is persistently high resistance to clarithromycin, fluoroquinolones, and metronidazole, with a notable surge in amoxicillin resistance. 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