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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2007; 05(02): 165-169
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557365
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Acute meningoencephalitis and myositis associated with hepatitis A virus infection

Sanjeev Jha
a   Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi PGIMS, Lucknow, India
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Rajesh Kumar
a   Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi PGIMS, Lucknow, India
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28 March 2006

08 October 2006

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30 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

There are very few reports of meningoencephalitis and myositis subsequent to hepatitis A virus (HAV). This case study reports a patient with serologically proven HAV infection, associated with meningoencephalitis and myositis. Since HAV infection might pass unnoticed, as many cases remain anicteric or subclinical, HAV should be considered as one of the etiological agents in meningoencephalitis.

Keywords

Hepatitis A - meningoencephalitis - myositis