Fernando Gruz, María Silvina Munné, Jorge González, María Aldana Lizarraga Villagran, Pablo Pablo Raffaele, Valeria Inés Descalzi
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Abstract
We describe a clinical case of a kidney transplant patient who
presented a sudden elevation of his liver function tests. Once
we ruled out the most frequent causes of acute hepatitis, serum
tests for Hepatitis E were performed. Hepatitis E virus
RNA was detected in blood and stools. After six months the
virus was still detected. Ribavirin treatment was initiated
with normalization of the serum aminotransferases and sustained
virology response was achieved.
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