Aim: The aim of the present study was to describe the clinicopathological characteristics and the natural history of acute non-(A-E) hepatitis and to assess the possible role of hepatitis G virus (HGV), TT virus (TTV) and mainly SEN virus (SENV).
Methods: A cohort of 55 patients with sporadic acute non-(A-E) hepatitis with a mean follow up of 31 (6-55) months was studied.
Results: The clinical presentation was fulminant in one (1.8%), protracted with impaired regeneration in seven (12.7%) and benign in the remaining 47 (85.5%) cases. Progression to chronic hepatitis was observed in 15 (27.3%) patients; it was more frequent in clinically severe than in non-severe cases (five of eight patients or 62.5% vs 10 of 47 patients or 21.3%, P = 0.028). Six of 10 biopsied chronic non-(A-E) cases developed cirrhosis within 10-33 months. Serum HGV-RNA was detected in 16 of 55 (29.1%) patients, TTV in 20 of 38 (52.6%) patients and SENV-D/H DNA in 20 of 55 (36.4%) cases. HGV-RNA was detected more frequently in clinically severe than in non-severe cases (five of eight or 62.5% vs 11 of 47 or 23.4%, P = 0.038). There was no other association between the presence of HGV, TTV, or SENV infection and patient characteristics or severity and outcome of disease.
Conclusions: HGV, TTV, and SENV do not seem to be responsible for the majority of sporadic acute non-(A-E) hepatitis cases. Our cohort further supports the existence of new, unknown hepatitis agent(s) with uncertain mode of transmission. The non-(A-E) agent(s) can also cause chronic hepatitis, which often has an aggressive course with rapid development of cirrhosis.
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