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. 2019 Nov;26(11):1330-1333.
doi: 10.1111/jvh.13177. Epub 2019 Aug 4.

Invasive meningoencephalitis as the first manifestation of hepatitis A

Maxime Guillaume  1 , Lina Mouna  2 , François Coustillères  3 , Véronique Lemée  4 , Anne-Marie Roque-Afonso  2 , Thomas Mourez  4 , Romain Lefaucheur  1
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Case Reports

Invasive meningoencephalitis as the first manifestation of hepatitis A

Maxime Guillaume et al. J Viral Hepat. 2019 Nov.

Abstract

Since mid-2016, Europe has been facing a major hepatitis A epidemic, with more than 25 000 cases reported to the European CDC, in 2018. We describe herein a rare case of invasive HAV meningoencephalitis as a prodrome of the classic hepatitis, which largely explains a delay in diagnosis.

Keywords: Meningoencephalitis; hepatitis A.

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