Fulminant hepatic failure in a pediatric patient with active GB virus C (GBV-C)/hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection.
We describe a rare case of a pediatric patient with active GB virus C (GBV-C)/hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection who died of fulminant hepatic failure within less than a month after the onset of jaundice. The child tested negative for all other known hepatitis viruses and had no history of blood transfusions. This observation suggests that although GBV-C/HGV is usually not pathogenic to the liver, it may be associated with certain idiopathic forms of fulminant hepatitis. Whether this association is etiological or circumstantial remains to be seen.
Anastassopoulou
Cleo G.
CG
Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, 75 Mikras Asias Street, GR-115 27, Goudi, Athens, Greece
Delladetsima
Johanna K.
JK
Anagnostopoulos
Georgios
G
Katsoulidou
Antigoni
A
Papachristopoulos
Athanassios
A
Tassopoulos
Nicholas C.
NC
Theodoridou
Maria
M
Hatzakis
Angelos
A