title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Department of Pediatric Hematology, 06018 Etlik, Ankara, Turkey. ekurekci@gata.edu.tr
authors.forename: A Emin
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kurekci
authors.forename: A Avni
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Atay
authors.forename: S Umit
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Sarici
authors.forename: Okan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozcan
mesh_terms: D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010976:Platelet Count; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000658:Amoxicillin; D017291:Clarithromycin