During the period between December 1994 and December 1995 various hepatitis markers were investigated from an etiological viewpoint in 136 patients Their ages ranged between 3 13 years with an average of 7 6 with jaundice who were considered to have acute viral hepatitis AVH and who had presented to the pediatric outpatient clinic of the Çukurova University Medical School For this purpose the presence of anti HAV IgM HBsAg anti HBc IgM anti HCV anti HEV IgG in the patients sera was investigated using ELISA which was also used to analyse the HBsAg positive sera for the presence of anti delta Besides this cases of non A non B hepatitis were investigated for the presence of HCV RNA using PCR Out of 136 pediatric patients 54 39 7 were diagnosed as having hepatitis A; 50 36 8 hepatitis B; and 2 3 hepatitis C While 9 6 6 of the cases were anti HEV positive none were found to be positive for anti delta Besides this 16 11 8 patients were found to be negative for all of the markers Key words: Hepatitis Markers Children
Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Pediatri Polikliniğine Aralık 1994 ve Aralık 1995 tarihleri arasında sarılık nedeniyle başvuran ve akut viral hepatit AVH olduğu düşünülen 136 hastada etyolojiye yönelik çeşitli hepatit markerleri araştırıldı Yaşları 3 13 arasında olup ortalama 7 6 idi Bu amaçla anti HAV IgM HBsAg anti HBc IgM anti HCV anti HEV IgG ve HBsAg si pozitif olanlarda anti delta ELİSA yöntemiyle değerlendirildi Ayrıca non A ve non B olgularında HCV RNA sı PCR ile araştırıldı 136 çocuk hastanın 54 39 7 üne hepatit A 50 36 8 sine hepatit B ve 2 1 5 sine hepatit C tanısı kondu Olguların 9 6 6 unda anti HEV pozitifliği tespit edilirken anti delta pozitifliğine rastlanmadı Bunun yanısıra 16 11 8 hastada tüm markerler negatif olarak bulundu Anahtar kelimeler: Hepatit Markerleri Çocuklar
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | When the Turkish word exists |
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Publication Date | September 1, 1997 |
Published in Issue | Year 1997 Volume: 32 Issue: 3 |