Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is known to cause epidemic outbreaks as well as sporadic disease in many parts of the world. Clinical presentation of hepatitis E varies from acute icteric viral hepatitis to severe disease with fulminant hepatic failure, and anicteric infection (no jaundice but with ALT elevation). According to available data HEV infection does not lead to chronic liver failur...

Infection-induced acute hepatitis complicated with acute pancreatitis is associated with hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B virus or hepatitis E virus. Although rare, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection should be considered also in the differential diagnosis if the patient has acute hepatitis combined with pancreatitis. We report a case of EBV infection with cholestatic hepatitis and pancreatitis wi...

Background and Aim: Viral infections, drugs, metabolic disorders, autoimmune processes can cause hepatitis, which is a diffuse inflammatory condition of the liver. Hepatitis E (HEV) hepatitis A (HAV) viruses are most common causes acute viral (AVH). AVH chronic liver failure (ACLF) patients were studied to determine whether they infected with various hepatotropic non-hepatotropic viruses. Patie...

Viral hepatitis is the seventh leading cause of mortality around the world resulting in 1.5 million deaths annually. Acute viral hepatitis is mostly self-limiting in nature, but chronic infection leads to liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma. In those cases, liver transplantation is indicated. Limited supplies of donor livers require development of alternative approaches. Use of mesenchym...

Objective: To investigate the magnitude and pattern of hepatitis viral markers in feco-orally transmitted acute viral hepatitis with their relation to age and sex. Methods: This prospective study was carried out in two groups of subjects including the study group of 600 patients with clinically suspected infectious hepatitis and control group of 200 patients showing no clinical evidence of acut...

In USA and Britain, medications, mainly paracetamol, constitute the most important cause of acute liver failure (2). In contrast, viral hepatitis is the first cause of acute liver failure in Turkey. Hepatitis A in the pediatric group and hepatitis B in adults are noteworthy. It can be easily said that the achievement of hepatitis vaccination programme in Turkey will lead to a significant reduct...