The patient count in a hepatitis A outbreak linked to Virginia restaurants continues to grow, with 44 people now confirmed as infected. One of the patients has required a liver transplant and one has died.
The cousin of the transplant patient reports the operation took place this past weekend. The
Continue Reading More sick in hepatitis A outbreak traced to restaurants; one required liver transplant
After overseeing a routine, uneventful liver transplant in a 52-year-old man in July 2013 at a hospital in Marseille, France, Dr. Catherine Sartor and her colleagues expected him to fully recover without complications. When the patient’s liver condition began worsening five days after surgery, they suspected his body was rejecting
Continue Reading After Man’s Death, Doctors Give Food Safety Advice to Liver Transplant Recipients
