Syphilitic hepatitis: Case report of an overlooked condition

Syphilis is an overlooked cause of hepatitis. Syphilitic hepatitis should be a differential diagnosis in all patients with abnormal liver biochemical marker levels. Syphilitic hepatitis has been defined as the combination of increased liver enzymes, positive serology for syphilis, the absence of alt...

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Autores principales: Marcos, Pedro, Eliseu, Liliana, Henrique, Martinha, Vasconcelos, Helena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6982489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31998501
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2588
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author Marcos, Pedro
Eliseu, Liliana
Henrique, Martinha
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description Syphilis is an overlooked cause of hepatitis. Syphilitic hepatitis should be a differential diagnosis in all patients with abnormal liver biochemical marker levels. Syphilitic hepatitis has been defined as the combination of increased liver enzymes, positive serology for syphilis, the absence of alternative causes for hepatobiliary injury, and liver enzyme improvement with proper antibiotic therapy.
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spelling pubmed-69824892020-01-29 Syphilitic hepatitis: Case report of an overlooked condition Marcos, Pedro Eliseu, Liliana Henrique, Martinha Vasconcelos, Helena Clin Case Rep Case Reports Syphilis is an overlooked cause of hepatitis. Syphilitic hepatitis should be a differential diagnosis in all patients with abnormal liver biochemical marker levels. Syphilitic hepatitis has been defined as the combination of increased liver enzymes, positive serology for syphilis, the absence of alternative causes for hepatobiliary injury, and liver enzyme improvement with proper antibiotic therapy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6982489/ /pubmed/31998501 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2588 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Syphilitic hepatitis: Case report of an overlooked condition
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title_full Syphilitic hepatitis: Case report of an overlooked condition
title_fullStr Syphilitic hepatitis: Case report of an overlooked condition
title_full_unstemmed Syphilitic hepatitis: Case report of an overlooked condition
title_short Syphilitic hepatitis: Case report of an overlooked condition
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6982489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31998501
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2588
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