Fulminant Hepatic Failure in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease on Infliximab Possibly Related to Reactivation of Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Infection

HSV hepatitis is a rare but often fatal cause of liver failure which tends to affect immunocompromised individuals. Early treatment with Acyclovir has been shown to reduce mortality in HSV hepatitis making recognition of the condition critically important. Here, we present a case of HSV hepatitis in...

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Main Authors: Gary Golds, Lawrence Worobetz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hepatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2132056
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