Chronic Hepatitis E with Cirrhosis in a Kidney-Transplant Recipient

Abstract

Chronic Hepatitis E with Cirrhosis in a Kidney-Transplant RecipientTo the Editor: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an important cause of acute viral hepatitis worldwide. 1Kamar et al. in this issue of the Journal 2 and others 3,4 have recently suggested that HEV infection might result in chronic hepatitis in immunocompromised patients.We report a rapidly progressing case of cirrhosis in a renal-transplant recipient with chronic HEV infection.