• Clin. Infect. Dis. · Aug 2013

    Case Reports

    Chronic hepatitis E in HIV patients: rapid progression to cirrhosis and response to oral ribavirin.

    • Karin Neukam, Pablo Barreiro, Juan Macías, Ana Avellón, Celia Cifuentes, Luz Martín-Carbonero, José M Echevarría, Julio Vargas, Vicente Soriano, and Juan A Pineda.
    • Unit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Seville, Spain.
    • Clin. Infect. Dis. 2013 Aug 1; 57 (3): 465-8.

    AbstractChronic hepatitis E virus infection with rapid progression to cirrhosis is reported in 2 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with severe immunosuppression. Monotherapy with ribavirin led to temporary viral response and marked improvement of liver damage. Chronic hepatitis E should be regarded as another opportunistic event within HIV infection.

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