Fatal herpetic hepatitis in adult following short corticotherapy: a case report
- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Intensive Care Medicine
- Vol. 25 (4) , 415-417
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s001340050869
Abstract
Herpes simplex virus hepatitis (HSV hepatitis) is an uncommon and severe complication of HSV type 1 and HSV type 2 infection. HSV hepatitis affects mostly immunocompromised patients. We report the case of a young man without any previous known immunodeficiency who developed fatal HSV hepatitis in the first 8 days of oral corticotherapy given for ulcerative colitis. A prompt diagnosis was possible because HSV was recovered from peripheral blood leukocytes.Keywords
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