SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 12 May. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The diagnosis of acute childhood hepatitis of unknown origin that has been studied at the Hospital Universitario de Canarias, in Tenerife, has been ruled out. The affected minor, aged 15, continues to be admitted to the HUC with a favorable evolution.
This has been reported by the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, which has already notified the Ministry of Health and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The patient has been responding well to immunosuppressive treatment, which indicated from the beginning that it could be due to a non-infectious cause and, therefore, not linked to the international outbreak of childhood hepatitis. Both the process and the clinical evolution of the patient rule out a case of acute childhood hepatitis of unknown origin.
The cause of the appearance of this variant of Hepatitis is still unknown to the scientific community, although all the hospitals of the Canary Islands Health Service are alert in case any patient with symptoms compatible with this disease appears.
