Helicobacter pylori associated with chronic urticaria
Chronic urticaria is one of the most frequent skin diseases in medical practice. Urticaria is defined as acute if the whealing persists for less than six weeks and as chronic if it persists for longer. Chronic urticaria that lasts for several years to decades significantly impairs the quality of li...
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The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2011-07-01
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| author | Lobna Ben Mahmoud Hanène Ghozzi Ahmed Hakim Zouheir Sahnoun Khaled Zeghal |
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Chronic urticaria is one of the most frequent skin diseases in medical practice. Urticaria is defined as acute if the whealing persists for less than six weeks and as chronic if it persists for longer. Chronic urticaria that lasts for several years to decades significantly impairs the quality of life. There is evidence that Helicobacter pylori has a critical role in different extragastric diseases such as chronic urticaria. We present a case of chronic urticaria in an adult patient with H. pylori infection and disease regression after triple anti-H. pylori therapy. In contrast to the autoimmune mechanisms involved in chronic urticaria against which no specific treatment strategy has been developed, infections with H. pylori could be treated with triple therapy. It is suggested that laboratory tests for the detection of this pathogen should be performed in patients with chronic urticaria.
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| spelling | doaj-art-7d9072e3ecb7468fa7f926fcd2bc90432025-08-20T02:57:25ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802011-07-0150810.3855/jidc.1363Helicobacter pylori associated with chronic urticariaLobna Ben Mahmoud0Hanène Ghozzi1Ahmed Hakim2Zouheir Sahnoun3Khaled Zeghal4Regional Centre of Pharmacovigilance of Sfax, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, Sfax University for the South, TunisiaRegional Centre of Pharmacovigilance of Sfax, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, Sfax University for the South, TunisiaRegional Centre of Pharmacovigilance of Sfax, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, Sfax University for the South, TunisiaRegional Centre of Pharmacovigilance of Sfax, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, Sfax University for the South, TunisiaRegional Centre of Pharmacovigilance of Sfax, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, Sfax University for the South, Tunisia Chronic urticaria is one of the most frequent skin diseases in medical practice. Urticaria is defined as acute if the whealing persists for less than six weeks and as chronic if it persists for longer. Chronic urticaria that lasts for several years to decades significantly impairs the quality of life. There is evidence that Helicobacter pylori has a critical role in different extragastric diseases such as chronic urticaria. We present a case of chronic urticaria in an adult patient with H. pylori infection and disease regression after triple anti-H. pylori therapy. In contrast to the autoimmune mechanisms involved in chronic urticaria against which no specific treatment strategy has been developed, infections with H. pylori could be treated with triple therapy. It is suggested that laboratory tests for the detection of this pathogen should be performed in patients with chronic urticaria. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1363chronic urticariaHelicobacter pylorieradication therapy |
| spellingShingle | Lobna Ben Mahmoud Hanène Ghozzi Ahmed Hakim Zouheir Sahnoun Khaled Zeghal Helicobacter pylori associated with chronic urticaria Journal of Infection in Developing Countries chronic urticaria Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy |
| title | Helicobacter pylori associated with chronic urticaria |
| title_full | Helicobacter pylori associated with chronic urticaria |
| title_fullStr | Helicobacter pylori associated with chronic urticaria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Helicobacter pylori associated with chronic urticaria |
| title_short | Helicobacter pylori associated with chronic urticaria |
| title_sort | helicobacter pylori associated with chronic urticaria |
| topic | chronic urticaria Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1363 |
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