TITLE:
Recurrent Iron Deficiency Anemia Revealing Chronic Gastritis with Helicobacter pylori
AUTHORS:
Jile Florient Mimiesse, Ngala Itoua-Ngaporo, Arnaud Mongo Onkouo, Clausina Ahoui Apendi, Lucie Atipo Ibara Ollandzobo, Marlyse Ngalessami Mouakosso, Mardoché Perez Motoula, Rody Stéphane Ngami, Sandra Celine Adoua, Firmin Bossali, Deby Gassaye, Blaise Irénée Atipo Ibara, Jean-Rosaire Ibara
KEYWORDS:
Iron Deficiency Anemia, Helicobacter pylori, Pangastritis
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Gastroenterology,
Vol.11 No.2,
February
26,
2021
ABSTRACT: We report a clinical case of a 21-year-old patient with iron deficiency anemia related to Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. The pan gastritis due to H. pylori and an unexplained iron deficiency anemia has recently been proposed although still discussed. Among the possible causes the role played by this bacterium remains controversial. The diagnosis had been mentioned in view of the recurrence of anemia and confirmed by endoscopic biopsy. Anemia was corrected by iron supplementation associated with a specific treatment of this germ.