Nationwide survey in Japan regarding splenectomy/partial splenic embolization for interferon treatment targeting hepatitis C virus-related chronic liver disease in patients with low platelet count

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 829-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoto Ikeda ◽  
Hiroyasu Imanishi ◽  
Nobuhiro Aizawa ◽  
Hironori Tanaka ◽  
Yoshinori Iwata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Platelet Count ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Liver Disease ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Chronic Liver Disease ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Interferon Treatment ◽  
Partial Splenic Embolization ◽  
Splenic Embolization ◽  
Low Platelet Count

Hepatitis C virus replication in chronic liver disease

1991 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. S40-S41
Author(s):  
S. Magrin ◽  
A. Craxì ◽  
C. Fabiano ◽  
G. Fiorentino ◽  
P. Almasio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Liver Disease ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Chronic Liver Disease ◽  
Virus Replication ◽  
Chronic Liver

Low prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibodies in chronic liver disease in northwest China

1993 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-250
Author(s):  
Xing Li ◽  
Norio Hayashi ◽  
Nobukazu Yuki ◽  
Kazuhiro Katayama ◽  
Akinori Kasahara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Liver Disease ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Chronic Liver Disease ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Chronic Liver ◽  
Low Prevalence

scholarly journals Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection After Treatment for Pediatric Malignancy

Blood ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 1315-1320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Cesaro ◽  
Maria Grazia Petris ◽  
Flavio Rossetti ◽  
Riccardo Cusinato ◽  
Corrado Pipan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Liver Disease ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Chronic Liver Disease ◽  
Chronic Liver ◽  
Hcv Infection ◽  
Pediatric Malignancy ◽  
Infection Markers

Abstract Sera of 658 patients who had completed treatment for pediatric malignancy were analyzed by a second-generation enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and recombinant immunoblot assay test to assess the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-seropositivity. All HCV-seropositive patients underwent detailed clinical, laboratory, virologic, and histologic study to analyze the course of HCV infection. One hundred seventeen of the 658 patients (17.8%) were positive for HCV infection markers. Among the 117 anti-HCV+ patients, 41 (35%) were also positive for markers of hepatitis B virus infection with or without delta virus infection markers, 91 (77.8%) had previously received blood product transfusions, and 25 (21.4%) showed a normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level during the last 5-year follow-up (11 of them never had abnormal ALT levels). The remaining 92 patients showed ALT levels higher than the upper limit of normal range. Eighty-one of 117 (70%) anti-HCV+ patients were HCV-RNA+, with genotype 1b being present in most patients (54%). In univariate analysis, no risk factor for chronic liver disease was statistically significant. In this study, the prevalence of HCV infection was high in patients who were treated for a childhood malignancy. In about 20% of anti-HCV+ patients, routes other than blood transfusions are to be considered in the epidemiology of HCV infection. After a 14-year median follow-up, chronic liver disease of anti-HCV+ positive patients did not show progression to liver failure.

scholarly journals Hepatitis B vaccine efficacy in patients with chronic liver disease by hepatitis C virus

2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelo Alves de Mattos ◽  
Eliana Buksztejn Gomes ◽  
Cristiane Valle Tovo ◽  
Cláudio Osmar Pereira Alexandre ◽  
José Oscar dos Reis Remião
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Hepatitis ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Liver Disease ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Chronic Liver Disease ◽  
Chronic Hepatitis C ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus Infection ◽  
Chronic Hepatitis C Virus

BACKGROUND: Considering the immunosuppression of patients with chronic liver disease, their response to vaccination is discussed in literature. AIMS: To evaluate the response of hepatitis B vaccine in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. METHODS: This is a prospective study in which 85 patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection (46.8 ± 9.4 years, 44.7% males) and 46 healthy adults (36.7 ± 11.1 years; 39.1% males) were evaluated. Confirmation of hepatitis C virus was obtained by the technique of polymerase chain reaction. Viral load was determined by the branched DNA method in 74 patients, and genotype was determined by sequencing in 73 patients. All patients and healthy adults received three doses of Engerix B® vaccine IM (at 0, 30 and 180 days). Serological responses to the vaccine were divided into three categories: seroprotection, when anti-HBs was >100 mUI/mL; seroconversion, when anti-HBs was 10-99 mUI/mL, and non-reagent, when anti-HBs was <10 mUI/mL. RESULTS: The response of hepatitis B vaccine as determined 1 month following dose 3 was seroprotection in 37.7%, seroconversion in 17.6% and non-reagent in 44.7% among patients and 84.8%, 13.0%, 2.2%, respectively in healthy adults. The number of non-reagent responses was significantly higher among those patients with chronic liver disease. Sixty-five patients with chronic hepatitis were compared to 20 compensated cirrhotic patients in concern to the response to vaccine, but no difference was found. The response to vaccine in patients with genotypes 2 or 3 (n = 40) was better than in those with genotype 1 (n = 33). Response was not related to serum HCV-RNA concentration. CONCLUSION: The number of non-responders was higher in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection, irrespective of histological status and viral load. It is suggested that such patients should receive a double dose of vaccine, particularly the ones with genotype 1.

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in the household contacts of patients with HCV-related chronic liver disease

Infection ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Coltorti ◽  
Nicola Caporaso ◽  
Filomena Morisco ◽  
Rosalba Suozzo ◽  
M. Romano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Liver Disease ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Chronic Liver Disease ◽  
Chronic Liver ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus Infection ◽  
Household Contacts
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