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HCV/HIV co-infection at a large HIV outpatient clinic in Sweden: Feasibility and results of hepatitis C treatment

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Pages 881-885 | Received 26 May 2009, Published online: 18 Nov 2009
 

Abstract

We investigated the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection in HIV-infected patients at a large Swedish outpatient clinic. We also evaluated the feasibility of treating this patient group with pegylated-interferon α-2a and ribavirin (RBV) and found that only a small fraction of the HCV/HIV co-infected patients met the criteria for HCV treatment when following international guidelines. Thus, 11 patients were treated, and HCV kinetics were measured during early treatment. The overall treatment response rate was surprisingly high (73%) and correlated to early virological response.

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