A case report: two patients with fulminant hepatitis E in Hokkaido, Japan
2003
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been listed as one of the major agents that cause fulminant hepatitis in HEV-endemic areas, but not in non-endemic areas. Recently, however, we experienced two cases of fulminant hepatitis E in Hokkaido, Japan: case-1 was a 34-year-old woman and case-2, a 51-year-old man, neither having a history of travelling outside Japan or contact with travellers abroad or foreigners. HEV RNA was detected in their acute-phase serum and sequencing analyses indicated that they were infected with different strains of HEV: genotype III in case-1 and IV in case-2. Case-1 patient deceased after liver transplantation, while case-2 patient survived. Based on these cases, we suggest that HEV should be considered as an aetiologic agent for fulminant hepatitis, even in non-endemic areas.
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