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Francesca Lojacono

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Smouldering hepatitis B virus replication in patients with chronic liver disease and hepatitis delta virus superinfection

1991

Hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid (HBV-DNA) was studied by Southern blot analysis in liver biopsy specimens from 75 HBsAg-positive patients with chronic liver disease living in southern Italy. Twenty-seven of the patients were hepatitis delta virus (HDV) superinfected. Intrahepatic HBV-DNA was detected in 54 (72%) patients, 32 (59%) of them with replicative forms. The presence of replicative forms was directly related to liver HBcAg and inversely related to liver HDAg, as shown by multivariate analysis. However, 14 patients with intrahepatic HBV-DNA non-replicative pattern and about half of HDV-infected patients were liver HBcAg and/or serum HBV-DNA positive, mostly in low amounts. Hi…

AdultDNA ReplicationMaleHepatitis B virusAdolescentvirusesPopulationVirus ReplicationChronic liver diseasemedicine.disease_causeVirusmedicineHumansChildeducationAgedHepatitis B viruseducation.field_of_studyHepatitis B Surface AntigensHepatologymedicine.diagnostic_testbiologyLiver Diseasesvirus diseasesMiddle Agedbiochemical phenomena metabolism and nutritionbiology.organism_classificationmedicine.diseaseVirologyHepatitis Ddigestive system diseasesBlotting SouthernHBcAgLiverHepadnaviridaeChild PreschoolLiver biopsySuperinfectionChronic DiseaseDNA ViralImmunologyHepatitis Delta VirusJournal of Hepatology
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Is the acidity of ascitic fluid a reliable index in making the presumptive diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis?

1986

Ascitic fluid pH and arterial-ascitic fluid pH gradient were compared to ascitic fluid polymorphonuclear cell count in 84 patients with cirrhotic ascites and in 12 with malignant ascites to assess their role as diagnostic tests for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and to clarify the relationship between ascitic fluid pH and lactate. Ascitic fluid pH was significantly lower (pH 7.30) in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (n = 18) and probable spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (n = 12) than in sterileascites (pH 7.41; n = 54). Since blood pH levels were not different in the presence of infection, arterial-ascitic fluid pH gradient was significantly higher in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis …

Liver CirrhosisMalemedicine.medical_specialtyPathologyCirrhosisNeutrophilsBacterial PeritonitisBicarbonatePeritonitisPeritonitisGastroenterologypCO2chemistry.chemical_compoundLeukocyte CountSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisInternal medicineAscitesmedicineAscitic FluidHumansLactic AcidEscherichia coli InfectionsPeritoneal NeoplasmsAgedAscitic fluidHepatologybusiness.industryAscitesBacterial InfectionsHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMiddle Agedmedicine.diseasechemistryLactatesFemalemedicine.symptombusinessHepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
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