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Hepatitis A related acute liver failure by consumption of contaminated food.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Nov 2014
Chi Heng, Haagsma Elizabeth B, Riezebos-Brilman Annelies, van den Berg Arie P, Metselaar Herold J, de Knegt Robert J
Abstract excerpt
We present a patient with no medical history admitted for jaundice and dark coloured urine. Further investigations revealed hepatitis A related acute liver failure while the patient had no travel history, nor contact with infected individuals. After admission, the patient deteriorated fulfilling the King's College criteria for acute liver failure. Two days after admission, he underwent liver transplantation and...
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