Acute hepatitis in an adult with acquired rubella infection

Masao Arai; Norihito Wada; Katsuya Maruyama; Tetsu Nomiyama; Shoutarou Tanaka; Isao Okazaki

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Acute hepatitis in an adult with acquired rubella infection

Masao Arai, Norihito Wada, Katsuya Maruyama, Tetsu Nomiyama, Shoutarou Tanaka, Isao Okazaki

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We report a case of acute hepatitis in a 28-year-old male with acquired rubella infection. Serological tests revealed acute rubella virus infection and ruled out infection by other common viruses, including type A and type B hepatitis viruses. The patient showed not only marked increase of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity, with only slight liver dysfunction, but also platelet and kidney injury, suggesting systemic rubella virus infection. Because the liver dysfunction was slight, liver biopsy was not performed. When a patient has mild, transient hepatitis accompanied by high LDH activity in comparison with both aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels, we should take a common viral infection such as rubella into consideration when making a diagnosis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	539-542
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of gastroenterology
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02347575
Publication status	Published - 1995 Aug
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acute non-A
LDH activity
non-B hepatitis
rubella

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Gastroenterology

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