Contemporary Clinical Immunology and Serology 1st Edition by Kate Rittenhouse Olson,Ernesto DeNardin

Exercise 10

A 16-year-old female IV drug user comes to the hospital with yellow skin and yellowing in the whites of her eyes. Chemical analysis shows elevated liver enzymes. She has a rash on her skin and has arthritis in multiple joints in her body. She has protein in her urine. Of the following, which is probably the causative agent of her disease?
A) hepatitis A
B) hepatitis B
C) hepatitis D
D) hepatitis E