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Practice guidelines for the treatment of hepatitis C: recommendations from an AISF/SIMIT/SIMAST Expert Opinion Meeting.

2010

It is increasingly clear that a tailored therapeutic approach to patients with hepatitis C virus infection is needed. Success rates in difficult to treat and low-responsive hepatitis C virus patients are not completely satisfactory, and there is the need to optimise treatment duration and intensity in patients with the highest likelihood of response. In addition, the management of special patient categories originally excluded from phase III registration trials needs to be critically re-evaluated. This article reports the recommendations for the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection on an individual basis, drafted by experts of three scientific societies.

Liver CirrhosisANTIVIRAL TREATMENTHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)HIV InfectionsHepacivirusANTIVIRAL THERAPY; PEGYLATED INTERFERON-ALPHA-2B; LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA-2A; HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS; VIRUS-COINFECTED PATIENTS; RAPID VIROLOGICAL RESPONSEAntiviral therapymedicine.disease_causeGastroenterologyPolyethylene GlycolsHBVguidelinesAcute hepatitisChronic hepatitisSettore MED/12 - Gastroenterologialiver transplantationGastroenterologyAntiviral therapyHepatitis CVIRUS-COINFECTED PATIENTSLIVER-TRANSPLANTATIONHepatitis CRecombinant Proteinsacute hepatitis; antiviral therapy; chronic hepatitis; cirrhosis; elderly patients; hbv; hcv; hdv; hiv; liver transplantationCLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINESCirrhosisHCVDrug Therapy CombinationAntiviral therapy Acute hepatitis Chronic hepatitisCirrhosis Elderly patients HBV HCV HDV HIV Liver transplantationElderly patientAcute hepatitiAcute hepatitismedicine.medical_specialtyGenotypePEGINTERFERON ALPHA-2AAlpha interferonHIV-INFECTED PATIENTSInterferon alpha-2CHRONIC HEPATITIS CAntiviral AgentsHepatitis B ChronicChronic hepatitisInternal medicineHDVDrug Resistance ViralRibavirinmedicineHumansPEGYLATED INTERFERON-ALPHA-2BCirrhosiHepatologybusiness.industrySettore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNAInterferon-alphaHIVHepatitis C Chronicmedicine.diseaseElderly patientsFamily medicineExpert opinionAntiviral therapy; Acute hepatitis; Chronic hepatitis; Cirrhosis; Elderly patients; HBV; HCV; HDV; HIV; liver transplantationChronic hepatitiRAPID VIROLOGICAL RESPONSEbusinessCHRONIC HEPATITIS C; ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES
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Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) coinfection among patients with HBsAg positive cirrhosis. An analysis the MASTER-B cohort

2014

HBsAgCirrhosisHepatologybusiness.industryCohortGastroenterologyCoinfectionmedicinemedicine.diseasebusinessHepatitis delta virus HDVVirologyDigestive and Liver Disease
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Evolving clinical landscape of chronic hepatitis B: A multicenter Italian study

2009

The aim of the study was to evaluate the characteristics of chronic hepatitis B with special reference to the geographical origin of the patients and to the prevalence of HBeAg and viral and non-viral co-factors of liver disease. A cross-sectional multicenter survey was undertaken, which enrolled 1,386 HBsAg chronic carriers observed consecutively in 21 referral centers over a 6-month period. The prevalence of HBeAg in patients was 11%; the presence of HBeAg was associated independently with a younger age and co-infection with HIV. Anti-HDV, anti-HCV, or anti-HIV antibodies were detected in 8.1%, 6.5%, and 2%, respectively. However, among the patients first diagnosed during the study period…

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Hepatitis delta infection in Italian patients: towards the end of the story?

2016

Background: The endemicity of hepatitis delta virus infection in Italy has decreased in the last decades. Aim: To evaluate the current epidemiology of chronic delta infection in Italy and to compare the present findings with the corresponding figures from the previous studies. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 16 referral centres scattered all over the country in 2014. Results: Out of the 513 hepatitis B surface antigen-positive subjects enrolled, 61 (11.9%) were anti-delta positive, with a sex ratio (M/F) of 2.05. The majority (80.3%) of them was 50 years or older, while the proportion of subjects younger than 30 years of age was as low as 3.3%. No difference was detected by geogr…

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