Acute liver failure associated with rubella virus in a child.
Acute liver failure is a syndrome with a wide range of etiologic possibilities in children, but in up to 50% of the cases in the literature no diagnosis is established. This case report adds rubella virus to the list of possible causes of acute liver failure. This association was made by serologic, cell culture, molecular, histopathologic, and immunohistochemical methods.
Setor de Virologia, Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil. figueiredocris@uol.com.br
Cristina Adelaide
CA
Figueiredo
Nancy Therezinha Barbagallo
NT
Cordovani
Silvana Beres
SB
Castrignano
Venancio Avancini Ferreira
VA
Alves
Cristina Takami
CT
Kanamura
Maria Isabel
MI
de Oliveira
Flora Maria de Campos
FM
Fernandes
Giselle Burlamaqui
GB
Klautau
Edison Luiz
EL
Durigon
D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000821:virology*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D012409:Rubella / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D012412:Rubella virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014709:Vero Cells; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics
D012367:RNA, Viral; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C061826:E1 envelope protein, Rubella virus