Pregnant lady presents with fulminant hepatitis. Most Common Cause: March 2005, September 2010
Ans. B: Hepatitis E In general, hepatitis E is a self-limiting viral infection followed by recovery. Prolonged viraemia or faecal shedding are unusual. Fulminant hepatitis occurs more frequently in pregnancy and regularly induces a moality rate of 20% among pregnant women in the 3rd trimester. Perinatal transmission is uncommon. Fulminant hepatitis is uncommon with hepatitis-C and rare with hepatitis-A.
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis A