FULMINANT HEPATIC-FAILURE SECONDARY TO HERPES-SIMPLEX VIRUS-INFECTIONIN A NEONATE - A CASE-REPORT OF SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION AND PERIOPERATIVE ACYCLOVIR

Authors
EGAWA H INOMATA Y NAKAYAMA S MATSUI A YAMABE H UEMOTO S ASONUMA K TANAKA K
Citation
H. Egawa et al., FULMINANT HEPATIC-FAILURE SECONDARY TO HERPES-SIMPLEX VIRUS-INFECTIONIN A NEONATE - A CASE-REPORT OF SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION AND PERIOPERATIVE ACYCLOVIR, Liver transplantation and surgery, 4(6), 1998, pp. 513-515
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology",Surgery,Transplantation
Journal title
Liver transplantation and surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10743022
Volume
4
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
513 - 515
Database
ISI
SICI code
1074-3022(1998)4:6<513:FHSTHV>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Neonatal disseminated herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection, including fulminant hepatic failure (FHF), is lethal, and the patients rarely ha ve a chance for liver transplantation because of the rapid development of the disease. We describe of a case of FHF secondary to HSV infecti on in a neonate successfully treated by aggressive intensive care foll owed by liver transplantation. (C) 1998 by the American Association fo r the Study of Liver Diseases.