title: The etiology of acute hepatitis in adults in Egypt.
abstract: The causes of acute hepatitis were prospectively studied in 141 patients admitted to Embaba Fever Hospital, Cairo, Egypt in 1983. Serologic diagnosis showed: hepatitis A (0.7%), hepatitis B (46.8%), dual infections with A and B (1.4%), acute hepatitis in HBsAg carriers (14.2%), drug induced hepatitis (5.7%), and hepatitis non-A non-B (NANB) (31.2%). Among hepatitis B patients tested for the following seromarkers, 40% had HBeAg, 8% anti-delta antibody, and 6 simultaneous presence of HBsAg and anti-HBs; in convalescence, a 9% HBsAg carrier rate was found. Clinical, epidemiological, and biochemical findings did not distinguish one cause of hepatitis from another. For 32% of NANB patients parenteral injection was a likely source of infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zakaria
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Goldsmith
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kamel
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: el-Raziky
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000209:etiology; D003906:Developing Countries; D004534:Egypt; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000209:etiology; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000276:immunology; D003698:Hepatitis Delta Virus / Q000276:immunology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000209:etiology*; D006507:Hepatovirus / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies