Helicobacter pylori and Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura – Where Do We Stand?
Roberto Stasi
Helicobacter pylori is a microaerophilic, Gram-negative, spiral-shaped, flagellated bacterium that colonises the mucous layer of the human stomach.1 It has been causally linked with a diverse spectrum of gastrointestinal disorders, including gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, non-ulcer dyspepsia, gastric adenocarcinoma and mucosa-associated lymphoid-tissue lymphoma.2 Several investigators have studied whether H. pylori causes non-digestive diseases, but these […]