Hepatitis B Differential Diagnoses

Updated: Oct 20, 2022
  • Author: Nikolaos T Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD, MBA, FACP, AGAF, FAASLD, FRCP(Edin); Chief Editor: BS Anand, MD  more...
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Diagnostic Considerations

When evaluating a patient with suspected hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, also consider the other viral hepatitides and etiologies that can lead to cirrhosis and liver failure, such as drug hepatotoxicity. In addition, because a major mode of transmission of this disease is sexual, also consider the possibility of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or other sexually transmitted diseases.

Differential Diagnoses