Homologous serum hepatitis

A case report of homologous serum hepatitis in a 3-year-old child which occurred three months after parenteral injection of pooled plasma has been presented. The patient also had encephalitis and anuria as complications of the hepatitis. This case is reported to stress the fatal potentialities of pooled human blood products and the importance of using no donor who has received blood or plasma or has had any so-called virus infection during the preceding six months.