[Fungal infections in 2 cases of fulminant hepatitis].
Infectious complications are highly prevalent in patients with fulminating hepatitis. We report 2 female patients, aged 42 and 80 years old, with fulminating hepatitis caused by virus B and virus non-A non B, who died 20 and 25 days after initiation of the disease. Post mortem examinations showed severe C albicans infection of the gastrointestinal tract. A literature review is included.
Braham
J
J
Centro de Gastrenterología, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Santiago.
Smok
G
G
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004630:Emergencies; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology
Infección por hongos en dos casos de hepatitis fulminante.