Friday, January 18, 2008

Hepatitis A can develop fulminant hepatitis?

In general, the development of hepatitis A few severe hepatitis. Reported heavy pop clinical cases of hepatitis A in about 0.1% ~ 1%. The author collected 550 cases of hepatitis A clinical information, a case of severe hepatitis, Prothrombin time and activity were normal. But Bell in 1980 reported 131 reversing severe hepatitis, which accounted for 69% of hepatitis A. Matheson and other 1987 group reported a severe hepatitis, hepatitis A or about 13%. Multi-Carlton, in 1989, and other reports two cases of acute fulminant hepatitis A, with one death. 1996 Shanghai Zhou Xia Qiu reported 166 cases of clinical hepatitis heavy, The simple hepatitis A virus were accounted for 4.82% (8 / 166), by the hepatitis A virus and hepatitis B virus occurred with severe hepatitis, accounted for 1.81% (3 / 166), A, Hepatitis C virus hepatitis heavy overlap occurred in 1% of cases with CCR, A, Mixed into the liver virus caused severe hepatitis infection also accounted for 0.6% (1 / 166). Domestic and international data show the hepatitis A virus infection in severe hepatitis occupy a certain percentage, Clinical other with the same type of severe hepatitis treatment.

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