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Editor, Senior Moderator
Hemodial Int. 2015 Jul 22. doi: 10.1111/hdi.12335. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Severe liver failure due to influenza A infection in a hemodialysis patient.[/h] Mok MM[SUP]1[/SUP], Cheng VC[SUP]2[/SUP], Lui SL[SUP]3[/SUP], Kwan LP[SUP]1[/SUP], Chan GC[SUP]3[/SUP], Yap DY[SUP]1[/SUP], Chan TM[SUP]1[/SUP], Lo WK[SUP]3[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Patients with influenza infection most commonly present with upper and occasionally lower respiratory tract symptoms. However, extrapulmonary presentations such as hepatitis are infrequently observed. We report a case of a hemodialysis patient with influenza A infection who presented with severe hepatitis and liver failure, while his respiratory symptoms were mild. It is important to recognize influenza infection as an unexplained cause of hepatitis and liver failure. In our case, liver failure resolved with supportive treatment.
? 2015 International Society for Hemodialysis.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Infection; extrapulmonary manifestation; hemodialysis; liver failure
PMID: 26198843 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
[h=1]Severe liver failure due to influenza A infection in a hemodialysis patient.[/h] Mok MM[SUP]1[/SUP], Cheng VC[SUP]2[/SUP], Lui SL[SUP]3[/SUP], Kwan LP[SUP]1[/SUP], Chan GC[SUP]3[/SUP], Yap DY[SUP]1[/SUP], Chan TM[SUP]1[/SUP], Lo WK[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Patients with influenza infection most commonly present with upper and occasionally lower respiratory tract symptoms. However, extrapulmonary presentations such as hepatitis are infrequently observed. We report a case of a hemodialysis patient with influenza A infection who presented with severe hepatitis and liver failure, while his respiratory symptoms were mild. It is important to recognize influenza infection as an unexplained cause of hepatitis and liver failure. In our case, liver failure resolved with supportive treatment.
? 2015 International Society for Hemodialysis.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Infection; extrapulmonary manifestation; hemodialysis; liver failure
PMID: 26198843 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]