Unidad de Hepatología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, España.
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, España.
Med Clin (Barc). 2019 May 17;152(10):391-394. doi: 10.1016/j.medcli.2018.07.009. Epub 2018 Oct 15.
Since June 2016, there has been an increase in cases of acute hepatitis A (AHA) in several European countries, mainly affecting men who have sex with men (MSM). The aim was to know the characteristics of AHA diagnosed in recent months, comparing them with a previous series.
All cases of AHA diagnosed in adults between November 2016 and December 2017 (G-I; n=108) were prospectively collected and compared with a series also prospectively collected between January 2004 and September 2016 (G-II; n=49), analysing clinical and epidemiological characteristics.
Compared with group II, in group I there was a greater proportion of males (95.4 vs. 81.6%; p=0.005), of MSM (63.9 vs. 22.4%; p<0.001), of cases with positive luetic serology (20.4 vs 2%; p=0.001) and of severe acute hepatitis (15 vs. 4%; p=0.043).
AHA diagnosed in recent months in our environment mainly affect MSM and have a more serious presentation with respect to what was observed in a historical series, highlighting the need to increase the vaccination rate against the hepatitis A virus.
自 2016 年 6 月以来,几个欧洲国家的急性甲型肝炎(AHA)病例有所增加,主要影响男男性行为者(MSM)。目的是了解近几个月诊断出的 AHA 的特征,并将其与之前的系列进行比较。
2016 年 11 月至 2017 年 12 月期间,成人中所有诊断出的 AHA 病例(G-I;n=108)均被前瞻性收集,并与 2004 年 1 月至 2016 年 9 月期间前瞻性收集的另一系列(G-II;n=49)进行比较,分析临床和流行病学特征。
与组 II 相比,组 I 中男性比例更高(95.4% vs. 81.6%;p=0.005),MSM 比例更高(63.9% vs. 22.4%;p<0.001),梅毒血清学阳性的病例比例更高(20.4% vs 2%;p=0.001),重症急性肝炎的比例更高(15% vs. 4%;p=0.043)。
在我们的环境中,最近几个月诊断出的 AHA 主要影响 MSM,其表现比历史系列观察到的更为严重,突出了增加甲型肝炎病毒疫苗接种率的必要性。