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. 2014 Mar;36(2):162-4.
doi: 10.5581/1516-8484.20140035.

Improvement of thrombocytopenia after treatment for Helicobacter pylori in a patient with immunologic thrombocytopenic purpura

Aline Maia Rocha  1 , Luís Fábio Barbosa Botelho  1 , David Maia Rocha  2
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Improvement of thrombocytopenia after treatment for Helicobacter pylori in a patient with immunologic thrombocytopenic purpura

Aline Maia Rocha et al. Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter. 2014 Mar.

Abstract

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is the most common autoimmune hematologic disease, affecting individuals of different ages. Recently, the bacterium Helicobacter pylori entered the list of causes of immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Here we present the case of a 55-year-old female patient with low platelet counts initially attributed to chronic vaginal bleeding. As corticosteroid therapy was ineffective she was treated for H. pylori infection. Within four weeks the patient had a platelet count of 87.17 ×10(9)/L accompanied by clinical improvement of the symptoms.

Keywords: Causes; Helicobacter pylori; Immune thrombocytopenic purpura; Platelet count.

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Mean platelet count response to the eradication of Helicobacter pylori bacteria. The treatment to eradicate H. pylori was carried out in June 2012, and, from then on, there was a great increase in the platelet count.
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