Care of patients with hepatitis C and HIV co-infection

Soriano, Vincent; Puoti, Massimo; Sulkowski, Mark S.; Mauss, Stefan; Cacoub, Patrice; Cargnel, Antonietta; Dieterich, Douglas T.; Hatzakis, Angelos; Rockstroh, Jürgen K.

doi:10.1097/00002030-200401020-00001

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“…We used codes from the International Classification of Diseases, tenth revision, 14,15 to evaluate the underlying cause of death; the specific codes used 16 can be found in an online appendix (available at www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/173/2/160/DC1). HCV serologic data were obtained from plasma samples stored within 6 months before the initiation of ART; details of the assay method can also be found in the online appendix.…”

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Effect of serostatus for hepatitis C virus on mortality among antiretrovirally naive HIV-positive patients

Braitstein¹

2005

Canadian Medical Association Journal

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Effect of serostatus for hepatitis C virus on mortality among antiretrovirally naive HIV-positive patients

Braitstein¹

2005

Canadian Medical Association Journal

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“…9,10 These facts have led some experts to consider liver transplantation as a suitable therapeutic tool in coinfected patients with HCV-related ESLD. 11,12 The results recently reported in a case series dealing with the outcome of HIVinfected liver transplant recipients suggest that survival does not differ from that of HIV-negative patients. 13 This finding supports the indication of liver transplantation in HIV/HCV-coinfected individuals with ESLD.…”

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HIV coinfection shortens the survival of patients with hepatitis C virus‐related decompensated cirrhosis†

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“…Some studies have associated HCV coinfection with a faster HIV progression, although this conection is controversial 5,18,[21][22][23]30 . HCV infection also increases the toxicity to antiretroviral medications 9,18,26,27,32 .…”

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Serological markers and risk factors for hepatitis B and C viruses in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus

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Massaro-Ceballos

Ospina-Ospina

et al. 2006

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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SUMMARYBoth hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses (HBV and HCV) infection are common in HIV-infected individuals as a result of shared risk factors for acquisition. A serological study for HBV and HCV was performed in 251 HIV-positive individuals from Medellín, Colombia. A qualitative RT-PCR for HCV was done in 90 patients with CD4+ T-cell count ≤ 150 per mm 3 . Serological markers for HBV infection were present in 97 (38.6%) patients. Thirty six of them (37.1%) had isolated anti-HBc. A multivariate analysis indicated that the following risk factors were significantly associated with the presence of these markers: age (OR = 1.05, 95% CI: 1.01-1.08), pediculosis pubis (OR = 1.83, 95% CI: 1.01-3.33), men who have sex with men and women (OR = 3.23, 95% CI: 1.46-7.13) and men who have sex only with men (OR = 3.73, 95% CI: 1.58-8.78). The same analysis restricted to women showed syphilis as the only significant risk factor. Thus, HBV infection was considerably associated with high risk sexual behavior. HCV was present in only two (0.8%) of HIV patients. Both of them were positive by RT-PCR and anti-HCV. This low frequency of HIV/HCV coinfection was probably due to the uncommon intravenous drug abuse in this population. The frequent finding of isolated anti-HBc warrants molecular approaches to rule out the presence of cryptic HBV infection.

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Care of patients with hepatitis C and HIV co-infection

Cited by 197 publications

References 83 publications

Effect of serostatus for hepatitis C virus on mortality among antiretrovirally naive HIV-positive patients

Effect of serostatus for hepatitis C virus on mortality among antiretrovirally naive HIV-positive patients

HIV coinfection shortens the survival of patients with hepatitis C virus‐related decompensated cirrhosis†

Serological markers and risk factors for hepatitis B and C viruses in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus

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