Severe thrombocytopenia associated with acute hepatitis E virus infection.
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.
Colson
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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
Payraudeau
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E
Leonnet
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C
De Montigny
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S
Villeneuve
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L
Motte
A
A
Tamalet
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C
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000150:complications*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D013921:Thrombocytopenia