Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and Helicobacter pylori: can they be cause of thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic liver disease?

Am J Gastroenterol. 2011 Jun;106(6):1171-2; author reply 1172. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2011.106.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Chronic Disease
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Helicobacter Infections* / complications
  • Helicobacter Infections* / diagnosis
  • Helicobacter Infections* / drug therapy
  • Helicobacter pylori* / drug effects
  • Helicobacter pylori* / growth & development
  • Humans
  • Intestine, Small / drug effects
  • Intestine, Small / microbiology
  • Liver Cirrhosis* / complications
  • Liver Cirrhosis* / drug therapy
  • Liver Cirrhosis* / pathology
  • Male
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Rifamycins* / therapeutic use
  • Rifaximin
  • Risk Assessment
  • Thrombocytopenia* / etiology
  • Thrombocytopenia* / physiopathology
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Rifamycins
  • Rifaximin