Results
CHRONIC DISEASES

In this study, 270 subjects were included, 135 in each arm. In total, 19 patients in the clarithromycin group and 18 patients in the levofloxacin group stopped treatment after 2–4 days because of side effects or were lost for follow-up before assessment of CONSORT flow chart of the studyParticipants mean age was 41.9 ± 13.0 years, 58.8% were males, 63.4% were married, 88.0% were living in urban areas, and 60.1% had no history of chronic diseases. All remaining patients had shown more than 80% compliance.There was no statistically significant difference between the clarithromycin-based regimen and the levofloxacin-based regimen regarding baseline characteristics, the main presenting complaint and the type of the used diagnostic test as shown in (Table 
Population characteristics according to arm of treatmentThe overall response rate to 
Per protocol and intention to treat analyses in both groups