Article: Hepatitis B infection poses fulminant hepatic failure risk in infants.

2004 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis B infection poses a risk of fulminant hepatic failure in infants.

"To investigate the role of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in pediatric fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) after the launch of universal HBV vaccination, the authors analyzed the data from patients with FHF collected from a nationwide collaborative study group. Children aged 1 month to 15 years who were diagnosed with FHF (62 males and 33 females) between 1985-1999 were included. HBV infection (hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] and/or immunoglobulin M hepatitis B core antibody [IgM anti-HBc] seropositive) accounted for 46% (43 of 95 cases) of ...

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