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Domestically acquired hepatitis E successfully treated with ribavirin in an Australian liver transplant recipient
Author(s) -
Speers David J,
Ma Michael Xiang,
Faddy Helen M,
Nash Monica,
Bowden Scott,
Boer Bastiaan,
MacNicholas Ross,
MacQuillan Gerry,
Adams Leon
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja14.00453
Subject(s) - ribavirin , hepatitis c , medicine , content (measure theory) , virology , gastroenterology , hepatitis c virus , virus , mathematics , mathematical analysis
A 48-year-old Australian man of European ancestry received his third liver transplant in February 2013 for hepatic failure precipitated by ischaemic cholangiopathy and secondary biliary cirrhosis. His first liver transplant was performed 10 years earlier for complications of cirrhosis arising from autoimmune hepatitis – primary sclerosing cholangitis overlap syndrome, but required retransplantation after 3 months due to hepatic vein thrombosis and hepatic infarction. The second liver transplant was complicated by hepatic artery thrombosis, resulting in ischaemic cholangiopathy.