[Hepatitis A acquired from an asymptomatic adopted child].
Fiche publication
Date publication
avril 2006
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BRONOWICKI Jean-Pierre, Pr PEYRIN-BIROULET Laurent
Tous les auteurs :
Peyrin-Biroulet L, Donnais A, Barraud H, Darfeuil F, Watelet J, Hudziak H, Bronowicki JP, Bigard MA, Chone L
Lien Pubmed
Résumé
We report the case of acute hepatitis in a 36-year-old woman that was acquired from an adopted African child with asymptomatic active infection. At present, most experts do not screen for hepatitis A. However, adoptive parents should be vaccinated against hepatitis A because of the risk of unrecognized active infection in adopted children from countries in which infection is endemic.
Référence
Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2006 Apr;30(4):609-10.