Cytomegalovirus infection presenting as hepatitis.
Among 530 consecutive patients hospitalized for acute hepatitis in the years 1986-1988 cytomegalovirus infection was diagnosed in 5 (0.9%). All 5 patients had symptomatic hepatitis with jaundice, 3 had pruritus. Hematological changes were relatively mild and liver function tests were not essentially different from those found in patients with hepatitis A, B, or non-A, non-B. All biochemical abnormalities returned to normal within 3-5 weeks.
Laskus
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Department of Hepatology, Institute of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Warsaw, Poland.
Lupa
E
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Cianciara
J
J
Slusarczyk
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology