Hepatitis G virus infection in hemodialysis patients

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作者
Sampietro, M
Badalamenti, S
Graziani, G
Como, G
Buccianti, G
Corbetta, N
Ticozzi, A
Archenti, A
Lunghi, G
Penso, D
Pizzuti, A
Fiorelli, G
Ponticelli, C
机构
[1] UNIV MILAN, IST MED INTERNA & FISIOPATOL MED, MILAN, ITALY
[2] OSPED MAGGIORE POLICLIN, IRCCS, DIV NEFROL & DIALISI, IST IGIENE & MED PREVENT, MILAN, ITALY
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10.1038/ki.1997.43
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R5 [内科学]; R69 [泌尿科学(泌尿生殖系疾病)];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The increased risk of hemodialysis patients for infections sustained by hepatitis viruses is likely to extend to a newly discovered parenterally transmitted virus, HGBV-C/HGV, able to cause acute and chronic hepatitis. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and clinical relevance of this infection in Italian haemodialysis patients. Nineteen of 100 patients (19%) on maintenance hemodialysis were viremic for HGBV-C/HGV, and all of them were infected with a HGV-like genotype. Eight of these patients were coinfected by hepatitis B or hepatitis C viruses. A clinical picture of chronic hepatitis was not appreciable in patients with isolated HGV infection and the presence of HGV did not appear to modify the clinical course of hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections.
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