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15175827

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
Acute hepatitis B superimposed on patients with chronic hepatitis C is a rarely observed event, especially in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-prevalent areas where chronic HBV infection is usually acquired perinatally or at early infancy. The interactive relationship between HBV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) and clinical outcome in such patients remains controversial. We report a case of acute HBV superinfection which occurred during follow-up of chronic HCV infection in a 66-year-old woman. The patient developed hepatic decompensation at the acute stage. Unlike previously reported cases in Taiwanese, in which the patient either died of fulminant hepatic failure or subsequently relapsed with HCV viremia, this chronic hepatitis C patient with acute HBV superinfection had virologic remission with undetectable HBV DNA and HCV RNA during 9 months of follow-up.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0929-6646
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
103
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
302-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Acute hepatitis B virus superinfection in a Taiwanese patient with chronic hepatitis C.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports