[Microbiological diagnosis of viral hepatitis].
Liver inflammation or hepatitis has many different causes, both infectious and non-infectious. Among the former, viral infection is responsible for at least half of all hepatitis worldwide. Different viruses have been described with primary tropism for liver tissue. These microorganisms have been successively named with letters of the alphabet: A, B, C, D, E and G. The aim of this paper is to review this heterogeneous group of viruses in its most basic aspects, including clinical implications, treatment, main control, and prophylactic measures and, of special interest, diagnostic approaches, both serological and molecular, which are used for their detection, quantification and characterization.
Servicio de Microbiología y Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España. Electronic address: roberto.alonso@salud.madrid.
Roberto
R
Alonso
Servicio de Microbiología, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, España.
Antonio
A
Aguilera
Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, España.
Juan
J
Córdoba
LABCO QualityDiagnostics, Madrid, España.
Antonio
A
Fuertes
D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000097:blood; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D060005:Genotyping Techniques; D006518:Hepatitis Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000821:virology; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods; D056189:Viral Tropism
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D000998:Antiviral Agents
Diagnosis; Diagnóstico; Hepatitis; Hepatitis virales; Viral hepatitis