Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) colonizes approximately half of the
world’s population and causes chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers, and
gastric adenocarcinoma [1]. Eradication of this bacterium improves
the symptoms of patients with peptic ulcer and gastric lymphoma
of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue [2,3]. Isolation of H. pylori
from endoscopic gastric biopsy specimens is the most reliable
method for detecting H. pylori infection and essential for drug
susceptibility testing [4].