1998
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270102
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Hepatitis C viral infection in the immunosuppressed patient

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“…been noted that immunosuppressed nontransplantation patients may have an accelerated course of HCV, 16 particularly those with HIV, 17 and HCV progression in such individuals took less than half the time as in nonimmunocompromised patients. 18 Overall, post-OLT recurrent HCV is considered a relatively benign process.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…been noted that immunosuppressed nontransplantation patients may have an accelerated course of HCV, 16 particularly those with HIV, 17 and HCV progression in such individuals took less than half the time as in nonimmunocompromised patients. 18 Overall, post-OLT recurrent HCV is considered a relatively benign process.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This rate is consistent with the reported rates of HCV seroconversion in other groups of immunocompromised patients. 3,15,16 This underscores the importance of the fact that, in heart transplant recipients, HCV antibody is a poor marker of de novo HCV infection and that HCV-RNA testing is the most sensitive diagnostic test.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the true incidence of HCV-related liver disease may be underestimated because liver biopsies were not performed systematically on all patients. 3,15,16 Many patients with virological evidence of HCV infection show no abnormalities in liver enzymes. 4,5,17 However, because the absence of liver enzyme abnormalities does not necessarily correlate with histologic activity, 15,[18][19][20] a liver biopsy would be necessary to accurately determine the presence and severity of HCVrelated liver disease.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, sampling bias is less likely to be relevant in the OLT setting given the extreme simplification of viral populations that occurs under immunosuppression. 18 Methods based on electrophoretic mobility, such as heteroduplex mobility assay, also have been used to assess QS variation in liver transplant recipients. 19,20 These techniques may allow a good description of QS variation, but preclude phylogenetic studies because specific nucleotide changes cannot be identified.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%