Fatal Herpetic Hepatitis in Pregnancy

Background: Disseminated herpetic infections during pregnancy have been reported in the literature. Case: This case presentation describes a pregnant patient who presented with fever, elevated liver enzymes, and upper abdominal tenderness and succumbed from fulminant herpetic hepatitis. Conclusion:...

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Autores principales: Chatelain, Stephen, Neumann, D. Edward, Alexander, Samuel M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1994
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2366140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18472882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1064744994000177
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Alexander, Samuel M.
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description Background: Disseminated herpetic infections during pregnancy have been reported in the literature. Case: This case presentation describes a pregnant patient who presented with fever, elevated liver enzymes, and upper abdominal tenderness and succumbed from fulminant herpetic hepatitis. Conclusion: Early diagnosis and treatment are essential because of the high mortality rate.
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spelling pubmed-23661402008-05-12 Fatal Herpetic Hepatitis in Pregnancy Chatelain, Stephen Neumann, D. Edward Alexander, Samuel M. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol Research Article Background: Disseminated herpetic infections during pregnancy have been reported in the literature. Case: This case presentation describes a pregnant patient who presented with fever, elevated liver enzymes, and upper abdominal tenderness and succumbed from fulminant herpetic hepatitis. Conclusion: Early diagnosis and treatment are essential because of the high mortality rate. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1994 /pmc/articles/PMC2366140/ /pubmed/18472882 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1064744994000177 Text en Copyright © 1994 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Fatal Herpetic Hepatitis in Pregnancy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2366140/
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