Chronic Hepatitis E in a Renal Transplant Recipient: The First Report of Genotype 4 Hepatitis E Virus Caused Chronic Infection in Organ Recipient

Gastroenterology. 2018 Mar;154(4):1199-1201. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2017.12.028. Epub 2018 Feb 9.

Authors

Yijin Wang¹, Guofeng Chen², Qiuwei Pan³, Jingmin Zhao¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Hepatology, Beijing 302 Hospital, Beijing, China.
² Second Liver Cirrhosis Diagnosis and Treatment Center, Beijing 302 Hospital, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 29432746
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2017.12.028

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Genotype
Hepatitis E / diagnosis
Hepatitis E / drug therapy
Hepatitis E / transmission
Hepatitis E / virology*
Hepatitis E virus / drug effects
Hepatitis E virus / genetics*
Hepatitis E virus / pathogenicity
Hepatitis, Chronic / diagnosis
Hepatitis, Chronic / drug therapy
Hepatitis, Chronic / virology*
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects
Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
Male
Phenotype
Ribavirin / therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Ribavirin