Fulminant hepatitis from herpes simplex virus type 2 in an immunocompetent adult

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-326

  Abbo, L ^a   Alcaide, M L ^a   Pano, J R ^a   Robinson, P G ^a   Campo, R E ^a,b  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fulminant liver failure; Hepatitis; HSV; Immunocompetent

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENDOSCOPY; FEVER; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HEPATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

FATAL OUTCOME; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HEPATOCYTES; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35848954518     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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