Advanced search
Publication Cover
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 46, 2014 - Issue 10
Submit an article Journal homepage
288
Views
20
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Case Reports

Acute fulminant hepatitis E virus genotype 3e infection: Description of the first case in Europe

Stefano Festa From the Digestive and Liver Disease Unit, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant’Andrea HospitalCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Anna Rosa GarbugliaLaboratory of Virology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani
,
Flavia Baccini From the Digestive and Liver Disease Unit, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant’Andrea Hospital
,
Francesco Panzuto From the Digestive and Liver Disease Unit, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant’Andrea Hospital
,
Maria Rosaria CapobianchiLaboratory of Virology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani
,
Iolanda SantinoDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome
,
Flaminia Purchiaroni From the Digestive and Liver Disease Unit, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant’Andrea Hospital
,
Gianluigi OrgeraRadiology Unit, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
,
Gianfranco Delle Fave From the Digestive and Liver Disease Unit, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant’Andrea Hospital
&
Massimo Marignani From the Digestive and Liver Disease Unit, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant’Andrea Hospital
 show all
Pages 727-731 | Received 22 Apr 2014, Accepted 19 May 2014, Published online: 19 Aug 2014

References

  • Pérez-Gracia MT, Suay B, Mateos-Lindemann ML. Hepatitis E: an emerging disease. Infect Genet Evol 2014; 13:40–59.
  • Acharya SK, Panda SK. Hepatitis E: water, water everywhere—now a global disease. J Hepatol 2011;54:9–11.
  • Suzuki K, Aikawa T, Okamoto H. Fulminant hepatitis E in Japan. N Engl J Med 2002;347:1456.
  • Ijaz S, Arnold E, Banks M, Bendall RP, Cramp ME, Cunningham R, et al. Non-travel-associated hepatitis E in England and Wales: demographic, clinical, and molecular epidemiological characteristics. J Infect Dis 2005;192: 1166–72.
  • Dalton HR, Hazeldine S, Banks M, Ijaz S, Bendall R. Locally acquired hepatitis E in chronic liver disease. Lancet 2007;369:1260.
  • Inoue J, Ueno Y, Nagasaki F, Akahane T, Fukushima K, Kogure T, et al. Sporadic acute hepatitis E occurred constantly during the last decade in northeast Japan. J Gastroenterol 2009;44:329–37.
  • Romanò L, Paladini S, Tagliacarne C, Canuti M, Bianchi S, Zanetti AR. Hepatitis E in Italy: a long-term prospective study. J Hepatol 2011;54:34–40.
  • Peron JM, Dalton H, Izopet J, Kamar N. Acute autochthonous hepatitis E in Western patients with underlying chronic liver disease: a role for ribavirin? J Hepatol 2011; 54:1323–4.
  • Garbuglia AR, Scognamiglio P, Petrosillo N, Mastroianni CM, Sordillo P, Gentile D, et al. Hepatitis E virus genotype 4 outbreak, Italy, 2011. Emerg Infect Dis 2013;19:110–4.
  • Nakano T, Okano H, Kobayashi M, Ito K, Ohmori S, Nomura T, et al. Molecular epidemiology and genetic history of European-type genotype 3 hepatitis E virus indigenized in the central region of Japan. Infect Genet Evol 2012;12:1524–34.
  • La Rosa G, Muscillo M, Vennarucci VS, Garbuglia AR, La Scala P, Capobianchi MR. Hepatitis E virus in Italy: molecular analysis of travel-related and autochthonous cases. J Gen Virol 2011;92:1617–26.
  • Kumar AS, Kumar SP, Singh R, Kumar MS, Madan K, Kumar JJ, et al. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in patients with cirrhosis is associated with rapid decompensation and death. J Hepatol 2007;46:387–94.
  • Haïm-Boukobza S, Ferey MP, Vétillard AL, Jeblaoui A, Pélissier E, Pelletier G, et al. Transfusion-transmitted hepatitis E in a misleading context of autoimmunity and drug-induced toxicity. J Hepatol 2012;57:1374–8.
  • Doudier B, Vencatassin H, Aherfi S, Colson P. Fatal fulminant hepatitis E associated with autoimmune hepatitis and excessive paracetamol intake in southeastern France. J Clin Microbiol 2014;52:1294–7.
  • Nakano T, Takahashi K, Arai M, Okano H, Kato H, Ayada M, et al. Identification of European-type hepatitis E virus subtype 3e isolates in Japanese wild boars: molecular tracing of HEV from swine to wild boars. Infect Genet Evol 2013;18:287–98.
  • Colson P, Borentain P, Queyriaux B, Kaba M, Moal V, Gallian P, et al. Pig liver sausage as a source of hepatitis E virus transmission to humans. J Infect Dis 2010;202: 825–34.
  • Abbas Z, Afzal R. Hepatitis E: when to treat and how to treat. Antivir Ther 2014;19:125–31.
  • Kamar N, Rostaing L, Abravanel F, Garrouste C, Lhomme S, Esposito L, et al. Ribavirin therapy inhibits viral replication in patients with chronic hepatitis E virus infection. Gastroenterology 2010;139:1612–8.
  • Gerolami R, Borentain P, Raissouni F, Motte A, Solas C, Colson P. Treatment of severe acute hepatitis E by ribavirin. J Clin Virol 2011;52:60–2.
  • Goyal R, Kumar A, Panda SK, Paul SB, Acharya SK. Ribavirin therapy for hepatitis E virus-induced acute-on-chronic liver failure: a preliminary report. Antivir Ther 2012;17:1091–6.
  • Pischke S, Hardtke S, Bode U, Birkner U, Chatzikyrkou C, Kauffmann, et al. Ribavirin treatment of acute and chronic hepatitis E: a single-centre experience. Liver Int 2013; 33:722–6.
  • Debing Y, Emerson SU, Wang Y, Pan Q, Balzarini J, Dallmeier K, et al. Ribavirin inhibits in vitro hepatitis E virus replication through depletion of cellular GTP pools and is moderately synergistic with alpha interpheron. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2014;58:267–73.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.