Cytomegalovirus hepatitis mimicking an acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B

South Med J. 1996 Dec;89(12):1213-6. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199612000-00017.

Abstract

We report the case of a 29-year-old woman who had acute cytomegalovirus hepatitis superimposed on previously unrecognized chronic hepatitis B infection. We then review the diagnostic approach to acute hepatitis and positive hepatitis B surface antigen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Chronic Disease
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / immunology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hepatitis B / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / blood
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / diagnosis*
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / immunology
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / virology*
  • Humans
  • Recurrence

Substances

  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens