First report of chronic hepatitis E in renal transplant recipients in Portugal

J Infect Dev Ctries. 2014 Dec 15;8(12):1639-42. doi: 10.3855/jidc.4637.

Abstract

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection can be responsible for chronic hepatitis in immunocompromised patients, and can rapidly evolve into fibrosis and/or hepatic cirrhosis. We present two cases of chronic hepatitis E, emphasizing the need to be aware of this entity as a growing etiology of hepatitis in transplant and immunocompromised patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Hepatitis E / diagnosis*
  • Hepatitis E / pathology
  • Hepatitis E virus / classification
  • Hepatitis E virus / genetics
  • Hepatitis E virus / isolation & purification
  • Hepatitis, Chronic / diagnosis*
  • Hepatitis, Chronic / pathology
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Liver / pathology
  • Male
  • Microscopy
  • Middle Aged
  • Phylogeny
  • Portugal
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Transplant Recipients*