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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
4
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1999-5-20
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pubmed:abstractText |
Chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the most common reason for liver transplantation. We examined the results of laboratory tests for HCV on a cohort of patients who received a liver transplant between 1990 and 1994 at three large centers. Seven hundred twenty-two recipients and 604 donors were tested for antibody to HCV (anti-HCV) using a second-generation enzyme-linked immunoassay (EIA-2), followed by recombinant immunoblot (RIBA-2) and HCV RNA confirmation by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) (with genotyping and viral quantification). Diagnosis of posttransplantation infection required detection of serum HCV RNA that could be genotyped by sequencing or was repeatedly positive despite being unsequenceable. Twenty-five percent of transplantation candidates were seropositive for anti-HCV. Approximately 86% of anti-HCV-positive, 93% of RIBA-positive, and 97% of HCV RNA-positive candidates developed infection after transplantation. Pretransplantation HCV RNA was superior to RIBA-2 for predicting posttransplantation infection. Whereas HCV genotype was identified in nearly all candidates and changed little after transplantation, serum viral levels rose markedly after transplantation. Fifteen donors were either anti-HCV- or HCV RNA-positive. Recipients of grafts from donors with HCV RNA all developed infection, whereas infection was not detected in recipients of grafts from donors with anti-HCV but without detectable HCV RNA. The rate of new infection fell significantly (P =.02) after the introduction of EIA-2 screening of blood. Donor and candidate markers for HCV predict posttransplantation infection.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Apr
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pubmed:issn |
0270-9139
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
29
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
1220-6
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Cohort Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Forecasting,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Genotype,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Hepacivirus,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Hepatitis C,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Hepatitis C Antibodies,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Liver Transplantation,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Prospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-RNA, Viral,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Recurrence,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Reproducibility of Results,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Serologic Tests,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Tissue Donors,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Transplantation,
pubmed-meshheading:10094968-Viral Load
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pubmed:year |
1999
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Recurrent and new hepatitis C virus infection after liver transplantation.
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pubmed:affiliation |
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA. vyj@cu.nih.gov
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Clinical Trial,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Multicenter Study
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