| natural course of fulminant hepatic failure: the scenario in bangladesh and the differences from the west. | fulminant hepatic failure (fhf) is a devastating complication of acute viral hepatitis, leading to death in most cases. the etiology and predictors of outcome differ according to the geographical region. this study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the etiology, complications, and outcome of fhf in bangladesh. | 2009 | 19794267 |
| sero-epidemiology of sporadic acute hepatitis in bangladesh: high prevalences of infection with type-b, type-e and multiple types of hepatitis virus. | in a recent investigation of hepatitis in bangladesh, the sera from 74 adult patients (aged 15-67 years) who had been clinically diagnosed as cases of sporadic acute hepatitis were collected at various hospitals in and around dhaka. five cases were positive for igm antibody against the hepatitis a virus and 30 were positive both for the surface antigen of the hepatitis b virus (hbv) and for igm antibody against the hbv core (hbc). the six cases found positive for antibodies against the hepatitis ... | 2009 | 19508752 |
| hepatitis e virus is a leading cause of acute-on-chronic liver disease: experience from a tertiary centre in bangladesh. | acute-on-chronic liver failure (aclf) is common in bangladesh. acute viral e hepatitis is sporadically encountered in this country each year, with a rising incidence in the rainy season. this study aimed to identify the etiology of aclf in bangladesh. | 2009 | 19208515 |
| seropositivity and pattern of viral hepatitis in clinically suspected cases of hepatitis in dhaka city. | an attempt was made to see the seropositivity and pattern of four common hepatotrophic viruses (hbv, hcv, hev, hav) in patients suspected to have been suffering from viral hepatitis. blood samples from 2,995 cases of suspected hbv infection, 331 from hcv, 155 from hev and 24 from hav were tested for these viral markers. of these a total of 245 (8.1%) were positive for hbsag, 18 (5.4%) for hcv, 87 (56.1%) for hev and 8 (33.3%) were positive for hav infection. the predominant age group affected in ... | 2007 | 18783066 |