Two Successive Hepatitis C Virus Infections in an Intravenous Drug User

Two successive hepatitis C virus infections in an intravenous drug user.

We report the case of an occasional intravenous drug user who developed two successive hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. The first infection led to seroconversion (anti-HCV antibodies detected) and the detection of HCV RNA in serum. After a spontaneous recovery (normalization of alanine aminotransferase levels and HCV RNA clearance), a second HCV infection was observed, with the recurrence of...

intravenous drug use and hepatitis c virus in iran

Intravenous Drug Use and Hepatitis C Virus in Iran

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah, IR Iran 2 Department of Gastroenterology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR Iran 3 Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Hepat Mon.2012: 9-10. DOI: 10.5812/...

Outcome of Intravenous Immunoglobulin-Transmitted HTLV-I, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV infections

Prevalence of Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus infections among patients candidate for orthopedic trauma surgeries

Background: Infectious diseases are major public health problems, among which blood-borne ones are the most important infections. Patients who undergo orthopedic surgery are at higher risk of transmitting infectious diseases from and to others, due to repeated blood examinations and injection, drains secretion and receiving blood products. Accordingly, in this study we determined prevalence of ...