title: Severe thrombocytopenia associated with acute hepatitis E virus infection.
abstract: We describe here what is, to the best of our knowledge, the third reported case of severe thrombocytopenia associated with acute hepatitis E virus infection. The patient was a 72-year-old French woman. It seems likely that the cause of the thrombocytopenia was acute hepatitis E virus infection, possibly occurring via an immune mechanism. No complications were noted, in contrast to the two previous reports.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Virologie, Fédération Hospitalière de Bactériologie-Virologie Clinique, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, 264 Rue Saint-Pierre 13385, Marseille Cedex 05, France. philippe.colson@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Payraudeau
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leonnet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Montigny
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Villeneuve
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Motte
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tamalet
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000150:complications*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D013921:Thrombocytopenia