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Fatal herpetic hepatitis in adult following short corticotherapy: a case report

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Herpes simplex virus hepatitis (HSV hepatitis) is an uncommon and severe complication of HSV type 1 and HSV type 2 infection. HSV hepatitis affects mostly immunocompromised patients. We report the case of a young man without any previous known immunodeficiency who developed fatal HSV hepatitis in the first 8 days of oral corticotherapy given for ulcerative colitis. A prompt diagnosis was possible because HSV was recovered from peripheral blood leukocytes.

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  1. Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 184, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, F-75 571 Paris Cedex 12, France, , , , , , FR

    P. Seksik, C. Guitton, E. Maury & G. Offenstadt

  2. Laboratory of Microbiology, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 184, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, F-75 571 Paris Cedex 12, France, , , , , , FR

    J. Gozlan

  3. Department of Gastroenterology, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 184, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, F-75 571 Paris Cedex 12, France, , , , , , FR

    G. Galula

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Received: 22 May 1998 Accepted: 15 January 1999

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Seksik, P., Gozlan, J., Guitton, C. et al. Fatal herpetic hepatitis in adult following short corticotherapy: a case report. Intensive Care Med 25, 415–417 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001340050869

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