Chronic hepatitis e infection resulting in graft failure in a liver transplant tourist.

Case Rep Transplant

Liver Transplant Service, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608.

Published: December 2012

Hepatitis E, usually an acute hepatitis in the immunocompetent, has a chronic form described in immunocompromised hosts. We report the clinical course and outcome of an adult liver transplant recipient whose posttransplant period was complicated by chronic hepatitis E, Epstein-Barr virus infection, and cellular rejection of the graft.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3504272PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/654792DOI Listing

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