Chronic Hepatitis E Infection Resulting in Graft Failure in a Liver Transplant Tourist

Overview

Journal Case Rep Transplant

Publisher Wiley

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2012 Dec 1

PMID 23198262

Citations 4

Authors

Hui-Hui Tan

Hoe-Nam Leong

Boon-Huan Tan

Lynette Lin-Ean Oon

Kiat-Hon Lim

Jason Pik-Eu Chang

Chee-Kiat Tan

Affiliations

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Abstract

Hepatitis E, usually an acute hepatitis in the immunocompetent, has a chronic form described in immunocompromised hosts. We report the clinical course and outcome of an adult liver transplant recipient whose posttransplant period was complicated by chronic hepatitis E, Epstein-Barr virus infection, and cellular rejection of the graft.

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