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SUBMITTER: Alcazer V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6300032 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alcazer Vincent V Miailhes Patrick P Ramière Christophe C Charre Caroline C Cotte Laurent L
BMC infectious diseases 20181219 1
<h4>Background</h4>Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a recognised cause of secondary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). While its incidence has been largely described during chronic HCV infection, only one case of ITP secondary to acute HCV infection has been reported at this time.<h4>Case presentation</h4>We report herein the case of severe ITP secondary to an acute HCV genotype 1a reinfection in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative man having sex with men who had been cured several yea ...[more]