Hepatitis E virus infection in a patient with alcohol related chronic liver disease: a case report of acute-on-chronic liver failure.

Anabella Clara FantilliSarah Daniela López VillaAlina ZeregaGuadalupe Di ColaLuis LópezMaribel Wassaf MartínezMaría Belén PisanoViviana Elizabeth Ré

Published in: Virology journal (2021)

This report describes a unique case of hepatitis E virus infection in a patient with alcohol-related cirrhosis. This is the first report of a patient with HEV-related ACLF in Argentina and it invokes the importance of HEV surveillance and treatment among patients with CLD, such as alcohol-related cirrhosis.

Keyphrases

liver failure
case report
hepatitis b virus
drug induced
public health
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
mechanical ventilation