A 29-Year-Old Male Is Hospitalized with Low-Grade Fever and High

A 29-year-old male is hospitalized with low-grade fever and high serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) .  His serum is positive for HBsAg.  You should inform the patient that the most likely outcome for his infection would be:

A) Complete resolution
B) Fulminant hepatitis
C) Stable chronic hepatitis
D) Chronic hepatitis with progression to cirrhosis
E) Chronic hepatitis with progression to hepatocellular carcinoma

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