TY - JOUR T1 - Acute hepatitis due to <em>Herpes simplex</em> virus in an adult JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 60 LP - 66 DO - 10.1136/jcp.22.1.60 VL - 22 IS - 1 AU - T. H. Flewett AU - R. G. F. Parker AU - W. M. Philip Y1 - 1969/01/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/22/1/60.abstract N2 - A case is described of herpetic hepatitis in a pregnant woman with primary herpetic stomatitis. Intranuclear inclusion bodies and virus particles were found in hepatocytes, and herpes virus was isolated from a liver biopsy and from oral swabs but not from blood. From rising titres of neutralizing and complement-fixing antibody it is concluded that the oral infection was a primary one. Factors predisposing to the hepatitis are discussed. ER -