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Severe thrombocytopenia associated with acute hepatitis E virus infection.

Colson P, Payraudeau E, Leonnet C, De Montigny S, Villeneuve L, Motte A, Tamalet C

Laboratoire de Virologie, Fédération Hospitalière de Bactériologie-Virologie Clinique, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, 264 Rue Saint-Pierre 13385, Marseille Cedex 05, France. philippe.colson@ap-hm.fr

We describe here what is, to the best of our knowledge, the third reported case of severe thrombocytopenia associated with acute hepatitis E virus infection. The patient was a 72-year-old French woman. It seems likely that the cause of the thrombocytopenia was acute hepatitis E virus infection, possibly occurring via an immune mechanism. No complications were noted, in contrast to the two previous reports.

Published 10 July 2008 in J Clin Microbiol, 46(7): 2450-2.
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