一名青少年感染甲型肝炎病毒致死。

Fatal hepatitis A virus infection in an adolescent.

作者信息

BaAlawi Fatma, Hassan Kowthar, Al Maamari Khuloud, Balkhair Abdullah

机构信息

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.

Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.

出版信息

IDCases. 2020 Feb 12;20:e00721. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00721. eCollection 2020.

DOI:10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00721

PMID:32211295

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7082513/

Abstract

Acute hepatitis A infection is largely self-limiting illness, rarely resulting in fulminant course with consequent hepatic failure and death. We present a 13-year old previously healthy Omani with fatal hepatitis A virus infection. This case highlights the critical role of hepatitis A vaccination and argues for consideration of its inclusion in national vaccination programs in order to avert similar devastating consequences of yet another vaccine preventable disease.

摘要

急性甲型肝炎感染大多是自限性疾病，很少导致暴发性病程并进而引发肝衰竭和死亡。我们报告一例13岁先前健康的阿曼人感染甲型肝炎病毒并死亡的病例。该病例凸显了甲型肝炎疫苗接种的关键作用，并主张考虑将其纳入国家疫苗接种计划，以避免另一种可通过疫苗预防的疾病造成类似的灾难性后果。