25 August 2024
: Case report
Misdiagnosed Antibiotic-Induced Liver Injury: Unveiling Acute Hepatitis E in a 65-Year-Old Patient
Challenging differential diagnosis
Sereina Livia Müller1BCDEF, Anna Kaumanns1DE, Kai-Manuel Adam2DE, Michael Osthoff13ADE, Sarah DrägerDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.944508
Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e944508
Figure 1. Timeline of antibiotic treatment, dynamics of the laboratory values including bilirubin and liver transaminases, and serological and polymerase chain reaction-based hepatitis E testing over the course of time. DOA – date of admission; S/CO – signal-to-cutoff; AST – aspartate transaminase; ALT – alanine transaminase; HEV – hepatitis E virus; RNA-PCR – ribonucleic acid-polymerase chain reaction.






