Abstract
We report meningitis with diffuse neuralgic pain or polyradiculoneuropathy associated with PCR-documented acute hepatitis E in 2 adults. These observations suggest that diagnostic testing for hepatitis E virus should be conducted for patients who have neurologic symptoms and liver cytolysis.
MeSH terms
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Acute Disease
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Female
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France / epidemiology
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Hepatitis E / complications*
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Hepatitis E / epidemiology
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Hepatitis E / virology
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Hepatitis E virus / genetics
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Hepatitis E virus / isolation & purification*
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Humans
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Male
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Meningitis, Viral / epidemiology
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Meningitis, Viral / virology*
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Middle Aged
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
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Polyradiculoneuropathy / epidemiology
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Polyradiculoneuropathy / virology*
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RNA, Viral / analysis