Parvovirus B19 and acute hepatitis in adults
1998; Elsevier BV; Volume: 351; Issue: 9107 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0140-6736(00)80016-1
ISSN1474-547X
Autores Tópico(s)Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies
ResumoParvovirus B19 (B19), which causes erythema infectiosum, may cause hepatitis, 1 Yoto Y Kudoh T Haseyama K Suzuki N Chiba S Human parvovirus B19 infection associated with acute hepatitis. Lancet. 1996; 347: 868-869 Summary PubMed Scopus (121) Google Scholar transient disturbance of consciousness and hepatic dysfunction, 2 Yoto Y Kudoh T Asanuma H et al. Transient disturbance of consciousness and hepatic dysfunction associated with human parvovirus B19 infection. Lancet. 1994; 344: 624-625 Abstract PubMed Scopus (50) Google Scholar and fulminant non-A non-B liver failure just before or immediately after liver transplantation 3 Langnas AN Markin RS Cattral MS Naides SJ Parvovirus B19 as a possible causative agent of fulminant liver failure and associated aplastic anaemia. Hepatology. 1995; 22: 1661-1665 PubMed Google Scholar in children. Less common is acute hepatitis or hepatic disorder after B19 infection in adults. 4 Tsuda H Liver dysfunction caused by parvovirus B19. Am J Gastroenterol. 1993; 88: 1463 PubMed Google Scholar We report two cases of hepatic dysfunction from the same general practice (about 1200 regular patients) during a recent B19 epidemic in Denmark.
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