학술논문
Acute hepatitis E virus infection causing acute liver failure requiring living-donor liver transplantation in a non-pregnant immunocompetent woman.
Document Type
Article
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Source
Subject
*HEPATITIS E virus
*HEPATITIS E
*LIVER failure
*GENOTYPES
*DIAGNOSIS
*THERAPEUTICS
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ISSN
1398-2273
Abstract
We report a rare case of acute liver failure from acute hepatitis E virus ( HEV) in a non-pregnant woman without comorbidities who survived after liver transplantation. The source was likely consumption of partially cooked pig liver. HEV genotype 3 is the second most common genotype causing acute hepatitis E in developed countries. Fulminant hepatitis E rarely occurs without a risk factor, as in our patient. Vigilant monitoring for chronic hepatitis E in post-transplant immunocompromised patients is needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]