Acute meningoencephalitis and myositis associated with hepatitis A virus infection

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Jha, Sanjeev | Kumar, Rajesh

Affiliations: Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi PGIMS, Lucknow, India

Note: [] Correspondence: Sanjeev Jha, MD, Additional Professor, Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow, India. Tel.: +91 522 2668700; Fax: +91 522 2668973; E-mail: sjha@sgpgi.ac.in

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

Journal: Journal of Pediatric Neurology, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 165-169, 2007