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Published on: June 26, 2020
Prolonged jaundice attributed to super infection of hepatitis E virus in a case of resolving leptospirosis
M P Singh1, M Majumdar, A Sharma
1Department of Virology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab - 160 012, India.
Abstract:
India is endemic for both Leptospira and hepatitis E virus (HEV). The clinical presentations of these diseases have overlapping features. We report a case of superinfection of HEV in a patient with resolving leptospirosis with underlying Hodgkin lymphoma. The diagnosis of HEV in our case was established by HEV-RNA PCR as our patient was immunosuppressed. The present study highlights the need for molecular diagnosis in the case of HEV infection with strong clinical suspicion and negative serological results.
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