Urticaria and acute hepatitis A virus infection.
Urticaria has been described only rarely in patients with hepatitis A virus infection, although its association with acute hepatitis B virus infection is well recognized. A young male homosexual presented with hepatitis and urticaria, which proved to be an acute hepatitis A virus infection. In one study of a foodborne outbreak of hepatitis A virus, 2/130 patients developed hives. A few other isolated cases of presumed hepatitis A virus infection and urticaria have been reported, but this is the first detailed description of a serologically proven hepatitis A virus infection associated with the development of urticaria, in which no other risk factor could be implicated.
Department of Medicine, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
L J
LJ
Scully
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AE
Ryan
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D035922:Hepatitis A Antibodies; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006507:Hepatovirus / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology*
D035922:Hepatitis A Antibodies; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies