Familial cluster of fulminant hepatitis A infection.
Hepatitis A virus is a common cause of a self-limited liver disease. Fulminant hepatitis is a rare complication of acute hepatitis A infection. We report a small epidemic of three consecutive fulminant hepatitis A infections in three previously healthy siblings. This is the first report of a cluster of fulminant hepatitis A.
Durst
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RY
Internal Medicine Division, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. Durst@cc.huji.ac.il
Goldsmidt
N
N
Namestnick
J
J
Safadi
R
R
Ilan
Y
Y
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male