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Helicobacter pylori eradication in the management of patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Ist Teil von
The American journal of medicine, 2005-04, Vol.118 (4), p.414-419
Ort / Verlag
United States: Elsevier Inc
Erscheinungsjahr
2005
Quelle
MEDLINE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
To investigate the relation between
Helicobacter pylori infection and the clinical features of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), and to examine the effects of
H. pylori eradication on platelet counts.
A
13C urea breath test for
H. pylori infection was performed in a cohort of 137 consecutive patients with ITP. Patients who tested positive received standard eradication therapy if their platelet count was <50 × 10
9/L or if they had symptoms of dyspepsia.
H. pylori infection was detected in 64 patients (47%), and was not associated with dyspepsia or other clinical or laboratory features. Eradication therapy was successfully administered to 52 patients. Platelet responses were observed in 17 (33%) of these patients, which lasted for more than 1 year in 11 patients. Duration of ITP was shorter among responders than nonresponders. Only one response was observed among patients with severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count <30 × 10
9/L).
The prevalence of
H. pylori infection in patients with ITP is similar to that found in the general population. Infection is not associated with distinctive features of the disease.
H. pylori eradication may improve the platelet counts in adults in whom the ITP is of recent onset and in those with less severe degrees of thrombocytopenia, but was not effective in patients with chronic severe ITP.