Fulminating herpes simplex hepatitis

• Main Authors: Raheel Ahmed (Author), Kesley Green (Author), Silvio Litovsky (Author), Sameer Al Diffalha (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: University of São Paulo, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a rare cause of acute hepatitis in patients with chronic immunosuppression, including Crohn's disease. HSV hepatitis has the propensity to cause acute liver failure and death. The presenting signs and symptoms can be nonspecific, thereby causing the diagnosis to go...