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Invasive meningoencephalitis as the first manifestation of hepatitis A
Author(s) -
Guillaume Maxime,
Mouna Lina,
Coustillères François,
Lemée Véronique,
RoqueAfonso AnneMarie,
Mourez Thomas,
Lefaucheur Romain
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of viral hepatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.329
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1365-2893
pISSN - 1352-0504
DOI - 10.1111/jvh.13177
Subject(s) - prodrome , meningoencephalitis , hepatitis a , medicine , hepatitis , virology , hepatitis a virus , psychiatry , virus , psychosis
Since mid‐2016, Europe has been facing a major hepatitis A epidemic, with more than 25 000 cases reported to the European CDC, in 2018. We describe herein a rare case of invasive HAV meningoencephalitis as a prodrome of the classic hepatitis, which largely explains a delay in diagnosis.
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