A case of fulminant viral hepatitis type B in the late stage of pregnancy was successfully treated with glucagon-insulin therapy, corticosteroids and other drugs. A 26-year-old female (housewife and primipara) suddenly developed severe hepatic dysfunction and disturbance of consciousness at the 36th week of pregnancy. Sequential blood examinations revealed early response to HBs antibody and del...

Viral hepatitis continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but burden has significantly diminished thanks large-scale use vaccines antivirals. However, there are still challenges regarding viral management, especially when more than one pathogenic agent is involved. We present case a 45-year-old woman who had simultaneous infection involving three viruses: HAV, HBV,...

Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is the smallest known human and causes most severe form of viral hepatitis, yet it still not fully understood how replicates interacts with many host proteins during replication. This review aims to provide a systematic all factors currently interact HDV their mechanistic involvement in steps replication cycle. Finally, we discuss implications for therapeutic develop...

Up to three million Healthcare Workers are exposed body fluid and resulting bloodborne pathogens each year, causing more than 170 000 HIV infections, two viral hepatitis B (HBV) 0,9 C (HCV) [1]

Serological markers were used to determine the infective agents causing acute viral hepatitis in 246 patients. The frequencies of the five viral infections investigated were: non-A, non-B hepatitis 99 patients (40.2%); hepatitis A 98 patients (39.8%); hepatitis B 43 patients (17.5%); cytomegalovirus » 4 patients (1.6%); and EpsteinBarr virus 2 patients (0.8%). The log mean ages of presentation ...

BACKGROUND Although cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an uncommon cause of viral hepatitis during pregnancy, a definitive diagnosis is important because of the potential for congenital CMV. In the case reported here, a diagnosis of hepatitis caused by CMV was made after the more common viral pathogens had been ruled out. CASE A 17-year-old, 12-week pregnant patient was evaluated for fever and right up...

Mankind probably has known viral hepatitis for many centuries; however, the major and most dramatic developments in our knowledge of these diseases have taken place during the second half of the 20th century. During this relatively short period of time, the infectious nature of hepatitis A, B, and C has been proven, leading to their identification and description. The advent of serologic marker...

Burden of Viral Hepatitis on Human Health Compared to better-publicized infectious diseases such as HIV or malaria, viral hepatitis is often referred to as a silent killer. • Of the five hepatitis viruses (A-E), hepatitis B, C, and D viruses cause chronic liver disease leading to cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer. Hepatitis B, C and D viruses, transmitted through blood and body fluids, ...

Published by: Tehran University of Medical Sciences (http://ijp.tums.ac.ir) hepatitis A, between two to three months before the first manifestations of HSP. Serum sickness can be the first presentation of acute viral hepatitis (especially hepatitis B)[6,7]. Serum sickness and HSP can be very similar to each other (both of them present with skin rashes and arthritis, and GI involvement also is c...

autoimmune hepatitis is a chronic hepatitis that occurs in children and adults of all ages. diagnosis is based upon characteristic serologic and histologic findings and the exclusion of other forms of chronic liver disease. guidelines issued by the aasld suggest the following diagnostic considerations: the diagnosis should be made in patients with compatible clinical signs, symptoms, and labora...