Acute Viral Hepatitis in Men Having Sex with Men
José V. Fernández-Montero 1, Vicente Soriano 2
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago (CHUS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain; 2 UNIR Health Sciences School and Medical Center, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Madrid, Spain
*Correspondence: José V. Fernández-Montero, Email not available
Abstract
For the past 5 years, all adults presenting with > 10-fold liver enzyme elevations at the emergency department of the largest hospital in Barcelona were tested for markers of acute viral hepatitis. Out of all positive tests, hepatitis B was detected in 28%, followed by hepatitis E (18%), hepatitis C (17%), and hepatitis A (14%), and only 1% had hepatitis D. The remaining 22% were associated with herpesvirus infections, mostly Epstein– Barr virus (14%) and cytomegalovirus (Llaneras et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020).
