The Ministry of Health recorded 18 suspected cases of mysterious acute hepatitis. Most cases were reported from DKI Jakarta.
The President Director of RSPI Prof. Dr. Sulianti Saroso, Dr. Mohammad Syahril, said that of the 18 cases, 7 had been excluded from the investigation. This is because the cause is known or the patient's age is over 16 years according to the definition from the World Health Organization (WHO).
"What was removed from the hepatitis diagnosis was because it turned out that he had hepatitis A, one hepatitis B, one typhoid, and dengue hemorrhagic fever," said Dr. Syahril at a press conference at the Ministry of Health, Friday (13/5/2022).
In more detail, here are the reports of 7 cases that were ruled out of the mysterious acute hepatitis diagnosis:
1 case of Hepatitis A virus
1 case of Hepatitis B virus
1 case of typhoid fever (typhoid)
2 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)
2 cases over 16 years old
WHO says cases of acute hepatitis can be categorized as probable 'mysterious' or need further investigation if the cause of the symptoms cannot be explained (negative for hepatitis A-E virus), patients are under 16 years old, SGOT or SPGT results are above 500, and appear after October. 2021.
If the case of acute hepatitis meets the requirements but the test results for the hepatitis virus have not been released, it will be included in the pending classification category.
The details of the distribution of 18 cases of acute hepatitis reported by the Ministry of Health and their status as of Friday (13/5) are as follows:
DKI Jakarta: 12 Cases
1 probable case
5 cases pending classification
5 cases discarded
1 case verification process
West Java: 1 case
1 case pending classification
East Java: 1 case
1 case pending classification
West Sumatra: 1 case
1 case pending classification
North Sumatra: 1 case
1 case pending classification
Bangka Belitung Islands: 1 case
1 case discarded
East Kalimantan: 1 case
1 case discarded
"From 18 cases... the most age (infected with acute hepatitis) is 5 to 9 years, there are six people," continued Dr. Syahril. (Ministry of Health, detik)
