There are few data concerning the risk of specific opportunistic diseases in patients with and without hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We evaluated the correlation between the occurrence of different AIDS-defining illnesses (ADIs) and chronic HCV infection or HCV-related liver cirrhosis in a large Italian cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected subjects.
Clinic of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Dept. of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, via A Di Rudinì 8-20142, Milan, Italy. antonella.darminio@unimi.it