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Published on: March 28, 2015
Hepatitis due to Enterovirus in a Child
Anna Prete1, Sergio Di Fenza2, Claudia Mandato3
1Pediatric Unit, Umberto I Hospital, Salerno, Italy.
Insights
Enteroviruses can cause hepatitis in children, even outside the neonatal period. This case highlights self-limiting enteroviral hepatitis in a 3-year-old with hand-foot-and-mouth disease.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Hepatology
- Virology
Background:
- Enteroviruses are common pathogens in neonates, leading to severe illnesses like sepsis and meningoencephalitis.
- Enteroviral hepatitis is infrequently documented in pediatric populations beyond the neonatal age group.
Abstract:
Enteroviruses are a common cause of infection in neonates, causing wide spectrum of diseases, including myocarditis, myelitis, meningoencephalitis, hepatitis, and sepsis. The enteroviral hepatitis has rarely been recorded in pediatric populations other than neonates. We report a rare case of self-limiting acute hepatitis in a healthy 3-year-old child affected by hand-foot-and-mouth disease caused by Enterovirus. Providers should be aware of hepatitis prevalence in the Enteroviral infection, and should consider it in the differential diagnosis for acute hepatitis of unknown origin.
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