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Acta Medica Colombiana
Print version ISSN 0120-2448
Abstract
CARVAJAL, John Jaime; RESTREPO, Juan Carlos and CORREA, Gonzalo. Hepatitis C aguda: Acute hepatitis C. Acta Med Colomb [online]. 2008, vol.33, n.1, pp.28-32. ISSN 0120-2448.
Acute hepatitis C is usually a sub-clinical disease, thus it is not included in the differential diagnosis of patients with acute disease. Making the diagnosis is also difficult because the virus antibodies appear at later stages and many even be negative even if the patient has symptoms; at this point the diagnosis of the disease could be made with the viral RNA, but it is not easy to ask for it initially. A patient is admitted because of acute hepatitis where viral causes such as hepatitis A-B, Epstein Barr, Cytomegalovirus (CMV), auto-immune hepatitis, hepatoxitiy and hypoxic-isquemic disease, that would explain the symptoms and bio-chemical findings were discarded. The patients seroconversion against Hepatitis C virus associated to a high viral load was demonstrated. All this is consistent with an acute Hepatitis C diagnosis. Patients management and disease characteristics are described. (Acta Med Colomb 2008; 33: 28-32).
Keywords : acute hepatitis C; viral RNA; HCV antibody.