Types of Hepatitis
This hepatitis virus is most often spread via the fecal-oral route.
What is hepatitis A?
The diagnosis of a 44 year old male with fever and right upper quadrant pain. Social history notable for intake of six cans of beer daily. Serum ALT is 80 U/L and serum AST 260 U/L.
This marker confirms hepatitis B immunity from vaccination.
What is anti Hepatitis B surface antibody?
What is administration of hepatitis A vaccine and immune globulin within two weeks of exposure?
The likely diagnosis of a 35 year old female with type 2 diabetes mellitus with elevated BMI and serum ALT of 147 U/L and serum AST of 134 U/L. Abdominal ultrasound shows increased echogenicity.
What is metabolic dysfunction-associated steatoic liver disease?
This hepatitis virus requires coinfection with HBV to replicate.
What is Hepatitis D?
This lab findings indicates acute liver injury.
What is AST and ALT > 1000?
This marker suggests HBV infectivity and replication.
What is HBeAg?
These vaccines should be given to a non-immune patient with chronic liver disease.
What are hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccines?
The most likely offending agent in a 74-year-old female with hypertension and osteoarthritis who presents with elevated ALT levels and bilirubin levels as well as mild scleral icterus over the past four months. Her medications include amlodipine, baby aspirin, diclofenac, and acetaminophen as needed.
What is diclofenac?
Hepatitis E infection is most dangerous in this patient population.
What are pregnant women?
This establishes the diagnosis in a patient with elevated aminotransferases and positive ANA and anti-smooth muscle antibody titers.
What is a liver biopsy?
A positive HBsAg for over 6 months indicates.
This tool risk stratifies patients with alcoholic hepatitis to predict which patients will not improve with treatment of steroids.
What is the Lille score?
The likely offending agent in a 25-year-old female with obesity who presents with right upper quadrant pain and elevated liver enzymes after starting an over-the- counter weight loss supplement.
What is Ma Huang?
This type of viral hepatitis is most likely to cause chronic infection.
What is hepatitis C?
Which lab finding may appear before antibodies in acute hepatitis C infection.
What is HCV RNA?
Interpretation of results in a patient who has HBsAg+, anti-HBc IgG+, anti-HBs-, HBeAg+ and Anti-Be -, 3000 u/l HBV DNA as well as increased ALT.
Lab values where surveillance for HCC is recommended in patients with cirrhosis or those without cirrhosis but have chronic HBV.
What is a persistently elevated ALT and HBV DNA level greater than 10,000 U/mL?
This is indicated in a 28 year old unvaccinated female household contact of a patient with HBV for postexposure prophylaxis.
What is hepatitis B vaccine with or without HBIG?
This antibiotic can be commonly associated with drug induced liver injury with a cholestatic or mixed pattern of liver injury.
What is amoxicillin-clavulanic acid?
This is characterized by a dramatic but brisk rise and fall of aminotransferase levels over 24 to 48 hours with a subsequent rise in bilirubin levels.
What is ischemic hepatitis?
Interpretation of results in a patient who has HBsAg-, anti-HBc IgG+, anti-HBs+, anti HBeAg -.
What is resolved hepatitis B infection?
The management of a 36-year-old male patient co-infected with hepatitis B and HIV.
Recommended testing for a 47-year-old male with history of IV drug use with 3 month history of recurrent purpuric lesions on his legs. Skin biopsy shows leukocytoclastic vasculitis.
What is testing for cryoglobulins and HCV infection?