Encephalitis Associated with Acute Hepatitis A

Encephalitis is caused by multiple organisms, but rarely by the hepatitis A virus. A 27-year-old man visited our hospital because of fever, altered consciousness, and seizures. On physical exam, a stuporous mentality and neck stiffness were found. On laboratory exam, elevated liver enzymes and cereb...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jung-Ju, Kang, Kyusik, Park, Jong-Moo, Kwon, Ohyun, Kim, Byung-Kun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Epilepsy Society 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3952310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24649441
http://dx.doi.org/10.14581/jer.11005
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author Lee, Jung-Ju
Kang, Kyusik
Park, Jong-Moo
Kwon, Ohyun
Kim, Byung-Kun
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description Encephalitis is caused by multiple organisms, but rarely by the hepatitis A virus. A 27-year-old man visited our hospital because of fever, altered consciousness, and seizures. On physical exam, a stuporous mentality and neck stiffness were found. On laboratory exam, elevated liver enzymes and cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities, including pleocytosis and elevated protein levels were observed. The hepatitis A virus (HAV) IgM antibody was also detected. We conclude that these findings were compatible with encephalitis associated with HAV and discuss the pathomechanisms.
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spelling pubmed-39523102014-03-19 Encephalitis Associated with Acute Hepatitis A Lee, Jung-Ju Kang, Kyusik Park, Jong-Moo Kwon, Ohyun Kim, Byung-Kun J Epilepsy Res Case Report Encephalitis is caused by multiple organisms, but rarely by the hepatitis A virus. A 27-year-old man visited our hospital because of fever, altered consciousness, and seizures. On physical exam, a stuporous mentality and neck stiffness were found. On laboratory exam, elevated liver enzymes and cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities, including pleocytosis and elevated protein levels were observed. The hepatitis A virus (HAV) IgM antibody was also detected. We conclude that these findings were compatible with encephalitis associated with HAV and discuss the pathomechanisms. Korean Epilepsy Society 2011-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3952310/ /pubmed/24649441 http://dx.doi.org/10.14581/jer.11005 Text en Copyright © 2011 Korean Epilepsy Society This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lee, Jung-Ju
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title_short Encephalitis Associated with Acute Hepatitis A
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3952310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24649441
http://dx.doi.org/10.14581/jer.11005
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