One hundred liver biopsies from 100 hepatitis patients were examined by the indirect immunofluorescent technique for the detection of HBsAg. Of the 60 positive specimens 52 were diagnosed as various types of chronic hepatitis and 8 were acute hepatitis. Four main distribution patterns of HBsAg were obtained: full cytoplasmic fluorescence with diffuse lobular distribution; cytoplasmic fluorescen...

Infectious mononucleosis due to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection sometimes causes acute hepatitis, which is usually self-limiting with mildly elevated transaminases, but rarely with jaundice. Primary EBV infection in children is usually asymptomatic, but in a small number of healthy individuals, typically young adults, EBV infection results in a clinical syndrome of infectious mononucleosis w...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Acute hepatitis C virus infection in the era of universal screening of blood products has not disappeared, and is thought to be transmitted primarily via injecting drug use. A growing body of evidence supports iatrogenic transmission as an important mode of transmission. The aim of this study was to examine transmission routes and clinical characteristics in a group of patie...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most frequent cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma in the world. Acute hepatitis C is the most commonly asymptomatic liver disease with the development of chronic HCV infection in the majority of infected patients. Studies of the natural history of HCV infection suggest that only 15-30% of patients with acute inf...

Hepatitis associated aplastic anemia (HAAA) is a well documented entity. The disorder mainly affects children and young adults. Pancytopenia is usually noted within 2-6 months time after an acute attack of hepatitis. Most cases have been described in association with hepatitis A or hepatitis C Virus. The report describes, an unusual case of acquired aplastic anemia in a patient with hemophilia ...

Hepatitis A virus-specific BSC-1 cells were used for the detection of serum immunoglobulins to hepatitis A virus by indirect immunofluorescence. Of 150 serum samples tested, specific immunoglobulin M was detected only in patients with serologically confirmed acute hepatitis A, while specific immunoglobulin G was detected in patients with acute or past clinical hepatitis A as well as many patien...

We analyze the case of a 49-year-old male patient who presented with clinical signs acute hepatitis an initial suspicion autoimmune etiology. Laboratory findings demonstrated positive antinuclear antibody, anti-smooth muscle antibody and high serum gamma globulin. Histology liver biopsy revealed changes compatible hepatitis, which associated International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group score 7, det...

Infection with the delta agent can only occur in the context of coexistent hepatitis B virus infection. We describe a patient in whom the clinical features of acute delta hepatitis developed when seroconversion from hepatitis B surface antigen to antibody had already occurred and diagnosis of recent acute hepatitis B was based on high titre IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen. We discuss t...

Liver transplantation was approved for treatment of decompensated cirrhosis in the United States in 1983. Hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses are the leading causes of liver transplantation for viral hepatitis and hepatitis B is also an important cause of liver transplantation for called acute liver failure) due to either acute hepatitis B or an acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B. Howeve...

This letter was written because of the high incidence of acute hepatitis A in our hospital in this period of time. In December 2016 and January 2017, eight patients with acute hepatitis A were admitted to Gastroenterology Ward of Imam Hospital. Some of them had acute liver failure and fulminant hepatitis. Fulminant hepatic failure is a rare complication of hepatitis A and it occurs in about 1% ...