rare causes of hepatitis
Last reviewed 01/2018
The rare causes of hepatitis include:
- viral infections:
- delta virus in conjunction with existing hepatitis B infection
- cytomegalovirus
- coxsackie A and B
- measles
- echovirus
- arenavirus - Lassa fever
- flavivirus - yellow fever
- rubella
- adenovirus
- bacterial causes:
- leptospirosis
- mycoplasma
- rickettsia:
- Q fever
- typhus
- chemicals:
- iron
- carbon tetrachloride
- toxins - Amanita phalloides mushroom
- autoimmune liver disease