Successful tenofovir treatment for fulminant hepatitis B infection in an infant

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Oct;30(10):912-4. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31821e23b3.

Abstract

Fulminant hepatic failure is defined by the presence of severe impairment of liver function, with or without encephalopathy, in patients with no underlying chronic liver disease. We report the case of a 4-month-old infant who developed fulminant hepatitis B infection and recovered concomitant with tenofovir therapy without liver transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenine / administration & dosage
  • Adenine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Antiviral Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Female
  • Hepatitis B / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Organophosphonates / administration & dosage*
  • Tenofovir
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Organophosphonates
  • Tenofovir
  • Adenine