title: Fatal outcome of autochthonous hepatitis E in a patient with B cell lymphoma in Southeastern France.
abstract: We describe a case of fatal fulminant hepatitis E concomitant to malignant B cell lymphoma in a 73-year-old French woman. Infection was with an autochthonous hepatitis E virus of genotype 3f. Frequent consumption of uncooked pig liver sausage (figatellu) was the only risk factor found.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne, Hopital Saint-Joseph, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Doudier
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne, Hopital Saint-Joseph, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Verrot
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne, Hopital Saint-Joseph, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Serratrice
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne, Hopital Saint-Joseph, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poucel
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne, Hopital Saint-Joseph, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Regine
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Auguste
authors.affiliation: Fondation IHU Méditerranée Infection, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-Virologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE UM 63 CNRS 7278 IRD 198 INSERM U1905, Marseille, France philippe.colson@ap-hm.fr.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D059022:Food Safety; D005602:France; D016751:Hepatitis E; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell; D008460:Meat; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012307:Risk Factors