Heavy flow autochtonic case of hepatitis E in elderly men

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of the first clinical cases of acute hepatitis E autochtonic on the territory of the Kirov region. HEV-infection was diagnosed in 76 year old male, not to travel outside the region and the country for a long time, eat a lot of fresh fruit. A feature of the disease in non-endemic region was: severe course of hepatitis E in the elderly, with the development of clinic of acute liver failure and encephalopathy, the presence of the expressed syndrome cytolysis, cholestasis, hepatic-cell failure.

Timely treatment of a patient for medical care, the lack of severe somatic diseases, chronic liver disease and adequate pathogenetic therapy helped to keep the patient’s life. In deciphering undifferentiated acute hepatitis in the elderly should be included in the scheme of examination and determination HEV RNA, a/HEV IgM and G.