Las Vegas physician indicted following hepatitis outbreak
The outbreak was caused by the reuse of syringes and endoscopy scopes.
Hepatitis
Atrophic rash in a hepatitis C patient
Plaques develop on the face, trunk, and hands of a man with hepatitis C.
Hepatitis C: The Silent Epidemic
Four million people in the United States are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Many have had the virus for decades, without any symptoms, unknowingly passing it on to others.
An update on the ABCs of viral hepatitis
Treatment for hepatitis A, B, and C keeps changing. Two infectious disease experts summarize the latest evidence, including information about hepatitis D.
Hepatitis outbreaks caused by carelessness
Sloppy clinical practices have caused 33 outbreaks of hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection in the past decade, the CDC reports after its first full-scale review of its own investigations.
More hep B testing called for
The CDC has expanded its testing recommendations for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and, for the first time, has provided health professionals with guidance for effective therapy.
Does this patient have hepatitis B?
A 47-year-old asymptomatic woman has tested positive for hepatitis delta antigen (HDAg) (confirmed on repeat testing) and hepatitis Be antigen (HBeAg). The following test results are negative: hepatitis Be antibody, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis B surface antibody, hepatitis B core antibody (both immunoglobulin M and immunoglobulin G). Hepatitis B viral (HBV) DNA is…
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