Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus with Fulminant Hepatitis

Disseminated herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a rare cause of acute fulminant liver failure. We hereby present a case series of three patients with acute disseminated HSV with necrotizing hepatitis successfully treated with a week course of acyclovir. Early empiric administration of acyclovir therapy w...

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Autores principales: Rimawi, Bassam H., Meserve, Joseph, Rimawi, Ramzy H., Min, Zaw, Gnann, John W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4531175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26290760
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/463825
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author Rimawi, Bassam H.
Meserve, Joseph
Rimawi, Ramzy H.
Min, Zaw
Gnann, John W.
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description Disseminated herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a rare cause of acute fulminant liver failure. We hereby present a case series of three patients with acute disseminated HSV with necrotizing hepatitis successfully treated with a week course of acyclovir. Early empiric administration of acyclovir therapy while awaiting confirmatory tests is critical in this potentially lethal disease.
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spelling pubmed-45311752015-08-19 Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus with Fulminant Hepatitis Rimawi, Bassam H. Meserve, Joseph Rimawi, Ramzy H. Min, Zaw Gnann, John W. Case Reports Hepatol Case Report Disseminated herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a rare cause of acute fulminant liver failure. We hereby present a case series of three patients with acute disseminated HSV with necrotizing hepatitis successfully treated with a week course of acyclovir. Early empiric administration of acyclovir therapy while awaiting confirmatory tests is critical in this potentially lethal disease. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4531175/ /pubmed/26290760 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/463825 Text en Copyright © 2015 Bassam H. Rimawi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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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Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus with Fulminant Hepatitis
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title_full Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus with Fulminant Hepatitis
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title_short Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus with Fulminant Hepatitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4531175/
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