Complete platelet recovery after treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in a child with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura: a case report.
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.
Kurekci
A Emin
AE
Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Department of Pediatric Hematology, 06018 Etlik, Ankara, Turkey. ekurekci@gata.edu.tr
Atay
A Avni
AA
Sarici
S Umit
SU
Ozcan
Okan
O
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
D000658:Amoxicillin; D017291:Clarithromycin