Epidemiologic and therapeutic status study of patients with hepatitis C / 中华实验和临床病毒学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the different infective mode, the time from be infectived to be diagnosed and the time from be diagnosed to be treated of patients with hepatitis C.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The different infective mode, the time from be infectived to be diagnosed and the time from be diagnosed to be treated of 216 patients with hepatitis C from march 2004 to march 2009 were retrospectively analyzed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>72.22 percents patients suffered from post transfusion hepatitis C (PTHC) and 27.78 percents patients suffered from sporadic hepatitisC (SHC). 32.61 percents patients were diagnosed after be infectived 15-20 years later. 3.26 percents patients were diagnosed after be infectived more than 20 years later. 33.80 percents patients were treated after be diagnosed more than 5 years later. 17.13 percents patients were treated after be diagnosed 10-15 years later.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Most patients were infectived with hepatitis C by transfusing blood or blood products. Most patients were diagnosed after be infectived more than 15 years later. Almost half of patients were treated after be diagnosed more than 5 years later, and a significant portion of percents patients were treated after be diagnosed more than 10 years later.</p>