Sustained Virologic Response with Triple Therapy in a Hemodialysis Patient with Chronic HCV Infection

the correlation of il28b genotype with sustained virologic response in romanian patients with chronic hepatitis c

Similar virologic response after initiation of triple-class antiretroviral therapy in primary and chronic HIV infection.

We compared the time to viral suppression between a cohort of 70 primary HIV infected (PHI-) patients treated with triple-class therapy and a cohort of 80 naive chronic HIV infected (CHI-) patients with comparable treatment and plasma viral load (≥100.000 copies/ml) at start of cART. The time to viral suppression after initiation of triple-class therapy was comparable for PHI and CHI, suggestin...

25-Vitamin D levels in chronic hepatitis C infection: association with cirrhosis and sustained virologic response

BACKGROUND Low serum 25-Vitamin D levels are associated with advanced fibrosis in hepatitis C infection. Vitamin D supplementation has been hypothesized to augment response rates to interferon-based therapy. To date, no investigation has evaluated vitamin D levels during direct-acting antiviral therapy. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic c...

Successful Pregnancy in a Chronic Hemodialysis Patient

Pregnancy in end stage renal disease women who are on Hemodialysis has been considered a challenging event for both mother and fetus. Generally, outcomes of pregnancy in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have been considered to be extremely poor, and pregnancy in this group of patients is rather scarce. The frequency of conception is ranged from 0.3% per year in Belgium to 1.4% per y...

Effect of sustained virologic response on the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with HCV cirrhosis.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Evidence suggests that sustained virologic response to interferon treatment decreases incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C virus cirrhosis. This study was designed to compare the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma among cirrhotic patients exposed to interferon based treatment with or without achieving a sustained virological response, i...