Case report: Cure of chronic infection with hepatitis C virus after 6 weeks of peg-interferon and ribavirin in a patient co-infected with HIV.
J Med Virol
; 82(7): 1150-1, 2010 Jul.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20513077
The recommended treatment duration of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is 48 weeks. This report describes a patient co-infected with HCV genotype 2 and HIV who discontinued HCV therapy after 6 weeks because of adverse events and had a sustained virologic response.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Antiviral Agents
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Polyethylene Glycols
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Ribavirin
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HIV-1
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Interferon-alpha
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AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
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Hepatitis C, Chronic
Limits:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
J Med Virol
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
France
Country of publication:
United States