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Hepatitis Due to Non-A-E Viruses

2011

HepatitisTorque teno virusViral culturebusiness.industryYellow feverCongenital cytomegalovirus infectionmedicine.disease_causemedicine.diseaseEpstein–Barr virusVirologyHerpes simplex virusmedicinebusinessAcute hepatitis
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Acute and chronic hepatitis in childhood leukemia: a multicentric study from the Italian Pediatric Cooperative Group for Therapy of Acute Leukemia (A…

1985

The incidence of acute and chronic liver damage and its relation to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was evaluated in 164 consecutive children with acute leukemia seen in ten Italian hemato-pediatric units. Thirteen out of 164 children (7.9%) had acute hepatitis (AH) during treatment, while 8/90 (8.8%) showed an acute exacerbation of liver damage within 6 months after therapy withdrawal. Seven of the 13 children with AH while on therapy were HBsAg positive. In 12/13 cases, liver disease progressed to chronicity. Five of eight children who developed AH after completion of treatment were HBsAg positive. Eighty-nine patients (54.2%) developed biochemical evidence of chronic hepatitis during t…

MaleCancer Researchmedicine.medical_specialtyHBsAgChildhood leukemiaExacerbationAdolescentmedicine.disease_causeGastroenterologyacute hepatitisHepatitisLiver diseasechronic hepatitiLiver Function TestsInternal medicineAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsmedicineHumansChildHepatitis B virusAcute leukemiaHepatitis B Surface AntigensLeukemiabusiness.industryLiver cellacute hepatitichildhood leukemiavirus diseasesInfantmedicine.diseaseacute hepatitis; chronic hepatitis; childhood leukemiaHepatitis BLeukemia LymphoidLeukemiaAcute and chronic hepatitis; childhood leukemia; multicentric study from AIEOPOncologyItalyChild PreschoolPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthImmunologyAcute DiseaseFemalechronic hepatitisChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjurybusinessMedical and pediatric oncology
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Therapy with lamivudine and steroids in a patient with acute hepatitis B and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis.

2006

To the Editor: Tang et al.1 recently reported that lamivudine (LAM) improves renal outcome in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and membranous nephropathy. We would like to add our experience on acute hepatitis B and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis.

business.industryvirus diseasesLamivudinemedicine.diseasedigestive system diseasesVirusMembranous nephropathyChronic hepatitisNephrologyHepatitis B virus | Glomerulonephritis | membranous nephropathyImmunologymedicineRapidly progressive glomerulonephritisIn patientAcute hepatitis Bbusinessmedicine.drug
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Acute hepatitis C: in search of the optimal approach to cure.

2006

Abstract IFN monotherapy for acute hepatitis C can be supported, but a strategy taking into account both baseline (clinical presentation, genotype, HIV coinfection) and early (spontaneous viral decay) virologic response should be developed from carefully conducted, controlled prospective studies comparing a “wait and see strategy”, and different schedules of PEG IFN monotherapy to optimize adherence and costs and to reduce the number needed to treat. The price of the ultimate success of therapy for AVH due to HCV, i.e. a stable and definitive clearance of HCV with no residual liver disease in the long term, should not be paid by a high number of patients who are treated needlessly.

medicine.medical_specialtyHepatologybusiness.industryPatient SelectionAcute hepatitis CInterferon-alphaHIV InfectionsInterferon alpha-2Hepatitis CGastroenterologyRecombinant ProteinsPolyethylene GlycolsSurgeryInternal medicineAcute DiseasemedicineHumansAcute hepatitis Cbusiness
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630 SERUM BLYS/BAFF LEVELS IN ACUTE HEPATITIS C PREDICT CLINICAL OUTCOME

2008

Hepatologybusiness.industryImmunologyMedicineAcute hepatitis CbusinessB-cell activating factorJournal of Hepatology
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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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Liver stiffness measurement by transient elastography predicts early recovery from acute hepatitis

2010

We read with interest the lead article by Castera and Pinzani,1 particularly the comment regarding the role of transient elastography (TE) in the context of acute hepatitis (AH). The assumption that liver stiffness is determined exclusively by hepatic fibrosis has been challenged by evidence that patients with AH can have high values of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by TE.2 AH is a suitable model for studying the kinetics of LSM, since inflammation and necrosis increase rapidly and sometimes massively, but may revert with equal speed. We evaluated 92 consecutive patients (mean age 41.8±16.3 years, 71.7% males) with symptomatic AH to assess how LSM was influenced by aetiology, and whethe…

Pathologymedicine.medical_specialtyNecrosisbusiness.industryGastroenterologyEarly recoveryContext (language use)Gastroenterologyliver stiffnessLiver stiffnessInternal medicineAcute Disease; Adult; Elasticity Imaging Techniques; Female; Hepatitis Viral Human; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; PrognosisEtiologymedicinemedicine.symptomTransient elastographyHepatic fibrosisbusinessAcute hepatitis
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Serum BLyS/BAFF predicts the outcome of acute hepatitis C virus infection.

2009

Summary.  B-lymphocyte stimulator/B activating factor (BLyS/BAFF) is a tumour necrosis factor-family cytokine that plays a key role in generating and maintaining the mature B-cell pool. BLyS/BAFF expression by macrophages is stimulated by interferon-γ and interleukin-10, and its serum levels are increased in chronic hepatitis C (CHC). The aim of this study was to assess serum levels of BLyS/BAFF in patients with acute hepatitis C (AHC) and correlate them with disease outcome. We studied 28 patients with AHC (14 males, mean age 59.3 ± 15 years), followed for at least 7 months since onset, comparing them with 86 CHC patients and 25 healthy blood donors (HBD). BLyS/BAFF levels were assessed at…

AdultMaleNecrosismedicine.medical_treatmentAcute hepatitis CVirusYoung AdultVirologyB-Cell Activating FactorMedicineHumansIn patientB-cell activating factorAgedAged 80 and overHepatologybusiness.industryHepatitis CHepatitis C ChronicMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseHepatitis CChronic infectionInfectious DiseasesCytokineImmunologyFemaleAcute hepatitis Cmedicine.symptombusinessBiomarkersJournal of viral hepatitis
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A patient with acute hepatitis C and possible IFN toxicity [2]

2003

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IFN toxixcity acute hepatitis hcv
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Clinical evaluation of drug-induced hepatitis

2005

Objective: to ascertain the epidemiological characteristics, clinical symptoms, and evolution of drug-induced hepatitis over the last 22 years. Experimental design and subjects: an observational, retrospective study between 1982 and 1993, and prospective study between 1994 and 2003. All patients in our department diagnosed with having drug-induced hepatitis were studied analyzing epidemiological (age, sex, cases per year, hospitalization) and clinical features (previous liver disease, hepatic symptoms, laboratory results), and follow-up (complete recovery or chronicity). Results: a total of 61 patients were diagnosed as having drug-induced hepatitis, 26 men and 35 women (57%), mean age 52.4…

AdultMaleDrugmedicine.medical_specialtyDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsEpidemiologyEvolutionmedia_common.quotation_subjectLiver diseaseSex FactorsInternal medicineEpidemiologyHumansMedicineAcute hepatitisProspective cohort studyAgedRetrospective Studiesmedia_commonHepatitisClinical characteristicsbusiness.industryIncidence (epidemiology)Age FactorsGastroenterologyDrugsRetrospective cohort studyGeneral MedicineMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseSurgeryHospitalizationSpainFemaleObservational studyChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjurybusinessRevista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas
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