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Complete platelet recovery after treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in a child with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura: a case report.

Abstract
Helicobacter pylori gastritis has been associated with autoimmune disease, including immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). The most recent reports also have supported this association in adults. ITP in children differs from that in adults in terms of clinical picture and mechanisms of thrombocytopenia. The authors report a case of a 12-year-old boy with chronic ITP, in whom they detected H. pylori infection and observed a complete platelet recovery after the eradication of H. pylori.
AuthorsA Emin Kurekci, A Avni Atay, S Umit Sarici, Okan Ozcan
JournalPediatric hematology and oncology (Pediatr Hematol Oncol) 2004 Oct-Nov Vol. 21 Issue 7 Pg. 593-6 ISSN: 0888-0018 [Print] England
PMID15626015 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Amoxicillin
  • Clarithromycin
Topics
  • Amoxicillin (therapeutic use)
  • Child
  • Clarithromycin (therapeutic use)
  • Drug Therapy, Combination (therapeutic use)
  • Helicobacter Infections (complications, drug therapy)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Platelet Count
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic (blood, etiology)

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