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  • Title: Effect of anti-Helicobacter pylori therapy on outcome of iron-deficiency anemia: a randomized, controlled study.
    Author: Valiyaveettil AN, Hamide A, Bobby Z, Krishnan R.
    Journal: Indian J Gastroenterol; 2005; 24(4):155-7. PubMed ID: 16204902.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori infection may play a role in iron-deficiency anemia. METHODS: In 52 patients with iron-deficiency anemia, H. pylori status was determined using rapid urease test and histology. H. pylori -positive patients were randomly assigned to receive anti- H. pylori treatment either immediately (Group I) or after a delay of one month (Group II); in addition, all patients received oral ferrous sulfate for three months. Patients testing negative for H. pylori (Group III) received only oral ferrous sulfate. Hematological parameters were tested every month. RESULTS: Of 52 patients, 32 (61.5%) had H. pylori infection. At the end of one month, median increase in hemoglobin level was lower in Group II than in Groups I and III (1.1 g/dL vs. 3.6 g/dL and 1.9 g/dL, respectively; p=0.025), as were that in serum iron (19 mcg/dL vs. 55.5 mcg/dL and 41 mcg/dL; p=0.019). During the second month, after H. pylori infection in Group II had been treated, median increase in hemoglobin in this group was comparable to those in Groups I and III (3.7 g/dL vs. 2.5 g/dL and 2.5 g/dL. CONCLUSION: In patients with iron-deficiency anemia, presence of H. pylori infection is associated with a poorer response to oral iron therapy, which improves with treatment for H. pylori infection.
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