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Pediatr Infect Dis J
; 32(9): e377-9, 2013 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23446444
RESUMO
Regular screening methods may miss the diagnosis of occult hepatitis B infection and seronegative hepatitis C virus infection in immunocompromised patients. A cross-sectional study within a Spanish cohort of HIV-infected children yielded 6 of 254 (2.4%) possible occult hepatitis B infection cases and 2 of 254 (0.8%) seronegative hepatitis C virus-infected patients. Implementation of occult hepatitis screening in the routine care of these children may be warranted.