Hepatitis E Virus Infection after Platelet Transfusion in an Immunocompetent Trauma Patient

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection causes acute liver disease, but severe infections are rare in immunocompetent patients. We describe a case of HEV infection in a previously healthy male trauma patient in France who received massive transfusions. Genotyping confirmed HEV in a transfused platelet poo...

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Autores principales: Loyrion, Emmanuelle, Trouve-Buisson, Thibaut, Pouzol, Patricia, Larrat, Sylvie, Decaens, Thomas, Payen, Jean-Francois
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Letters to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5176217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27983485
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.160923
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author Loyrion, Emmanuelle
Trouve-Buisson, Thibaut
Pouzol, Patricia
Larrat, Sylvie
Decaens, Thomas
Payen, Jean-Francois
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description Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection causes acute liver disease, but severe infections are rare in immunocompetent patients. We describe a case of HEV infection in a previously healthy male trauma patient in France who received massive transfusions. Genotyping confirmed HEV in a transfused platelet pool and the donor.
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spelling pubmed-51762172017-01-01 Hepatitis E Virus Infection after Platelet Transfusion in an Immunocompetent Trauma Patient Loyrion, Emmanuelle Trouve-Buisson, Thibaut Pouzol, Patricia Larrat, Sylvie Decaens, Thomas Payen, Jean-Francois Emerg Infect Dis Letters to the Editor Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection causes acute liver disease, but severe infections are rare in immunocompetent patients. We describe a case of HEV infection in a previously healthy male trauma patient in France who received massive transfusions. Genotyping confirmed HEV in a transfused platelet pool and the donor. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5176217/ /pubmed/27983485 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.160923 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Hepatitis E Virus Infection after Platelet Transfusion in an Immunocompetent Trauma Patient
title Hepatitis E Virus Infection after Platelet Transfusion in an Immunocompetent Trauma Patient
title_full Hepatitis E Virus Infection after Platelet Transfusion in an Immunocompetent Trauma Patient
title_fullStr Hepatitis E Virus Infection after Platelet Transfusion in an Immunocompetent Trauma Patient
title_full_unstemmed Hepatitis E Virus Infection after Platelet Transfusion in an Immunocompetent Trauma Patient
title_short Hepatitis E Virus Infection after Platelet Transfusion in an Immunocompetent Trauma Patient
title_sort hepatitis e virus infection after platelet transfusion in an immunocompetent trauma patient
topic Letters to the Editor
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5176217/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.160923
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