TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Acute Hepatitis
A1  - Jameson, J. Larry
A1  - Fauci, Anthony S.
A1  - Kasper, Dennis L.
A1  - Hauser, Stephen L.
A1  - Longo, Dan L.
A1  - Loscalzo, Joseph
PY  - 2020
T2  - Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 20e
AB  - Acute  viral  hepatitis  is  a  systemic  infection  predominantly  affecting  the  liver.  Clinically  characterized  by  malaise,  nausea,  vomiting,  diarrhea,  and  low-grade  fever  followed  by  dark  urine,  jaundice,  and  tender  hepatomegaly;  may  be  subclinical  and  detected  on  the  basis  of  elevated  aspartate  and  alanine  aminotransferase  (AST  and  ALT)  levels.  Hepatitis  B  may  be  associated  with  immune-complex  phenomena,  including  arthritis,  serum  sickness-like  illness,  glomerulonephritis,  and  a  polyarteritis  nodosa–like  vasculitis.  Hepatitis-like  illnesses  may  be  caused  not  only  by  hepatotropic  viruses  (A,  B,  C,  D,  E)  but  also  by  other  viruses  (Epstein-Barr,  CMV,  coxsackievirus,  etc.),  alcohol,  drugs,  hypotension  and  ischemia,  and  biliary  tract  disease  (Table  155-1).  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167067975
ER  -