Simvastatin improves the eradication rate of Helicobacter pylori: upper Egypt experience Amro Metwaly Hassan, Muhammad Abd El-Gawad Shawky, Ahmed Qasem Mohammed, Mustafa Ahmed Haridy, Khaled Abd-El-Azeem EidHepatology, Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, EgyptBackground: Helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most prevalent chronic bacterial human infections worldwide. Helicobacter pylori colonizes the gastric mucosa and causes persistent gastritis that may progress to gastric cancer. Increased resistance of H. pylori presents a major problem in most countries. Statins, including simvastatin, which are currently used to treat hypercholesterolemia, appear to have potential synergistic role to antibiotics. This study aimed to assess the value of adding simvastatin as adjuvant to standard triple therapy in patients infected with H. pylori.Methods: This study was conducted on 100 patients diagnosed with H. pylori by the presence of antigen in stools. All patients were randomly subjected either to the standard triple regimen (clarithromycin 500 mg bid + amoxicillin 1 g bid + omeprazole 20 mg bid) (group 1, N