HIV Coinfection Does Not Worsen Liver Transplant Outcomes in People with Hepatitis B or C
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- Category: Decompensation & ESLD
- Published on Friday, 08 October 2010 12:46
- Written by Liz Highleyman
HIV positive liver transplant recipients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection did not fare worse overall than HIV negative people, according to a Spanish study presented at the 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC 2010) last month in Boston. Coinfected patients were less likely to experience organ rejection, but HCV recurrence was a leading cause of adverse outcomes.
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