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Combined ns5a & ns5b nucleotide inhibitor therapy for patients with chronic hepatitis c with stage 5 chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis

Arq. gastroenterol; 57 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common hepatotropic viral infection affecting the patients on maintenance hemodialysis. Treatment of chronic HCV infection in stage 4 and 5 CKD includes a combination of elbasvir/grazoprevir and glecaprevir/pibrentasvir, which are not a...

Tratamento da hepatite C em pacientes com doença renal crônica e pós-tranplante renal: eficácia e segurança dos esquemas de antivirais de ação direta contendo sofosbuvir

Arq. gastroenterol; 57 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Direct-acting antivirals have revolutionized hepatitis C treatment, also for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but some controversy exists regarding the use of sofosbuvir (SOF) in patients with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) <30 mL/min. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the e...

Incidence of acute hepatitis C in Brazil: temporal trend of cases notified between 2007 and 2018

Introduction: With the improvement of biosafety and quality of blood products, hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission decreased in Brazil. Analyzing temporal trends in the incidence of acute cases may indicate how current HCV circulation is. Objective: To analyze the temporal trend of acute hepatitis C cas...

La USPSTF recomienda el rastreo de la infección por el virus de la hepatitis C en adolescentes y adultos

Cost-utility analysis of interferon-free treatments for patients with early-stage genotype 1 hepatitis C virus in Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION We conducted a cost-utility analysis of available interferon-free treatments for patients with early-stage genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C based on a Brazilian public health system perspective. METHODS A Markov model was derived using a cohort of stage F0-F2 patients treated as r...

Oral lichen planus and HCV infection

Autops. Case Rep; 10 (4), 2020
Chronic infection by hepatitis C virus (HCV) can lead not only to the development of hepatic cirrhosis, but also to the emergence of extra-hepatic manifestations (EHMs), such as oral lichen planus (OLP). Here, we describe a clinical presentation of massive, erosive OLP in an HCV-positive patient whose cl...

Inflamación sistémica y desregulación inmune: rol en la patogénesis de la coinfección VIH/VHC
Systemic inflammation and immune dysregulation: role in the pathogenesis of HIV / HCV coinfection

Actual. SIDA. infectol; 28 (108), 2020
La disfunción inmune asociada a la infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) es generada por una estimulación crónica del sistema inmune secundaria a la imposibilidad del organismo de erradicar el virus. La misma se encuentra exacerbada en el contexto de la coinfección por el virus...

Cost-effectiveness analysis is a mandatory strategy for health systems: evidence from a study involving therapies for hepatitis C

Abstract: Cost-effectiveness analysis is essential in health decision making. Several countries use it as synthesis of evidence to incorporate health technologies. The protease inhibitors (PI) boceprevir (BOC) and telaprevir (TVR) are indicated for chronic hepatitis C treatment and were incorporated in g...

Clinical and epidemiological profile of HCV genotype 3 patients in southern Brazil

Clin. biomed. res; 40 (1), 2020
Introduction: Despite the emergence of new treatments for HCV genotype 3 (HCV G3), there is still a lack of data about this particular subgroup in Brazil. Our objective was to describe clinical and sociodemographic variables and treatment profile of HCV G3 Brazilian patients. Methods: This was a descript...

Hepatitis C in Hemodialysis Units: diagnosis and therapeutic approach

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (4), 2019
Abstract According to data from the last census of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN), the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Brazilian hemodialysis units (HU) is 3.3%, about three times higher than what is reported for the Brazilian general population. Often, professionals working in HU are...