Acute liver failure, autoimmune hepatitis, and leptospirosis: a case report

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2011 Oct;27(10):963-5. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182309e79.

Abstract

The etiology of acute liver failure varies widely in children, but the most common causes are viral hepatitis, drugs, and toxins. We report herein a case of autoimmune hepatitis and acute liver failure caused by leptospirosis, which is involved rarely in etiology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Hepatitis, Autoimmune / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Leptospirosis / complications*
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Failure, Acute / microbiology*
  • Liver Failure, Acute / pathology
  • Liver Failure, Acute / therapy
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Penicillin G / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Penicillin G