Chronic Hepatitis E in HIV Patients: Rapid Progression to Cirrhosis and Response to Oral Ribavirin
Chronic hepatitis E virus infection with rapid progression to cirrhosis is reported in 2 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)—infected patients with severe immunosuppression. Monotherapy with ribavirin led to temporary viral response and marked improvement of liver damage. Chronic hepatitis E should b...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Clinical infectious diseases 2013-08, Vol.57 (3), p.465-468 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Chronic hepatitis E virus infection with rapid progression to cirrhosis is reported in 2 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)—infected patients with severe immunosuppression. Monotherapy with ribavirin led to temporary viral response and marked improvement of liver damage. Chronic hepatitis E should be regarded as another opportunistic event within HIV infection. |
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ISSN: | 1058-4838 1537-6591 |
DOI: | 10.1093/cid/cit224 |