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Management of chronic hepatitis C in French departments of internal medicine and infectious diseases
Auteur(s) :
CACOUB, P. ;
GODEREL I. ;
MORLAT, P. ;
SENE D. ;
MYERS, R. P. ;
ALRIC, L. ;
LOUSTAUD-RATTI V. ;
MÉLIN, P. ;
LIMAL N. ;
OUZAN, D. ;
PERRONNE, C. ;
CARRAT F. ;
THE GERMIVIC GROUP
Année :
2005
Page(s) :
305-314
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus géographique
FRANCE
Thésaurus mots-clés
HEPATITE
;
PRISE EN CHARGE
;
HOPITAL
;
INFECTION
;
ETUDE PROSPECTIVE
;
TOXICOMANE
;
VIH
;
TRAITEMENT
;
EVALUATION
Note générale :
Epidemiology and Infection, 2005, 133, (2), 305-314
Résumé :
This prospective, multicentre study was conducted during 2-30 April 2001 in the internal medicine/infectious diseases services in France and included data from 1858 hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients, half of whom were HIV co-infected. The aims were to outline the type of pre-therapeutic evaluation of HCV infection performed (HCV RNA, genotype, liver biopsy); determine the proportion and characteristics of patients receiving antiviral treatment; and determine if any changes in these parameters had occurred between 1995 and 2001. Patients whom had a complete pre-therapeutic evaluation (39%, 709/1834) and received antiviral treatment (38%, 690/1830) were more likely to have abnormal liver biochemistry, cirrhosis and cryoglobulinaemia (P
Affiliation :
Dep. of Internal Medicine, Hop. La Pitié-Salpêtrière, 83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651, Paris, France
Cote :
A02182