Neurologic Disorders and Hepatitis E, France, 2010

Abstract

We report meningitis with diffuse neuralgic pain or polyradiculoneuropathy associated with PCR-documented acute hepatitis E in 2 adults. These observations suggest that diagnostic testing for hepatitis E virus should be conducted for patients who have neurologic symptoms and liver cytolysis.

Keywords

• Acute hepatitis E
• hepatitis E virus
• neurologic symptoms
• meningitis
• polyradiculoneuropathy
• France