Liver function tests and fibrosis scores in a rural population in Africa: A cross-sectional study to estimate the burden of disease and associated risk factors

Autor: Anna L McNaughton, Alex Karabarinde, Gershim Asiki, Louise O Downs, Jeffrey P Hau, Geraldine O'Hara, Janet Seeley, Robert U. Newton, Jolynne Mokaya, Philippa C Matthews

Publikováno v: BMJ Open
O'Hara, G, Mokaya, J, Hau, J P, Downs, L O, McNaughton, A L, Karabarinde, A, Asiki, G, Seeley, J, Matthews, P C & Newton, R 2020, ' Liver function tests and fibrosis scores in a rural population in Africa : a cross-sectional study to estimate the burden of disease and associated risk factors ', BMJ Open, vol. 10, e032890 . https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032890
BMJ Open, Vol 10, Iss 3 (2020)

ObjectivesLiver disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, but its prevalence, distribution and aetiology have not been well characterised. We therefore set out to examine liver function tests (LFTs) and liver fibrosis

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Trends in HCV treatment uptake, efficacy and impact on liver fibrosis in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study

Autor: Béguelin, Charles, Suter, Annatina, Bernasconi, Enos, Fehr, Jan, Kovari, Helen, Bucher, Heiner C, Stoeckle, Marcel, Cavassini, Mathias, Rougemont, Mathieu, Schmid, Patrick, Wandeler, Gilles, Rauch, Andri, Swiss HIV Cohort Study

Publikováno v: Liver international, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 424-431
Liver International, Vol. 38, No 3 (2018) pp. 424-431

BACKGROUND & AIMS Hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapies with interferon-free second-generation direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) are highly effective and well tolerated. They have the potential to increase treatment eligibility and efficacy in HIV-in

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https://doi.org/10.1111/liv.13528

Epidemiology and Effects of Bacterial Infections in Patients With Cirrhosis Worldwide

Autor: Florence Wong, Luis Colombato, Giacomo Zaccherini, Dong Joon Kim, Rita de Cassia Ribeiro Barea, Adrià Juanola, Aleksander Krag, Julio Vorobioff, Javier Romaní Fernández, Jae Seok Hwang, Richard Moreau, Salvatore Piano, Gustavo Romero, Juan Pablo Roblero, Adrián Gadano, Gustavo Navarro, Rakhi Maiwall, Cosmas A. Rinaldi Lesmana, E.L. Yoon, Virendra Singh, M. Marino, Shiv Kumar Sarin, Carlos Brodersen, Carlo Alessandria, François Durand, Victor Vargas, Carmine Gambino, Ji Won Park, Pramod Kumar, Sophie Restellini, M. V. Maevskaya, Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, Eduardo Fassio, Marcos Girala, Macarena Simón-Talero, Tony Bruns, Paolo Caraceni, Vikas Gautam, Laure Elkrief, Tae Hee Lee, Manuela Merli, Hyoung Su Kim, Tae Hun Kim, Preetam Nath, Ki Tae Suk, Elza Cotrim Soares, Xavier Verhelst, Tiago Sevá-Pereira, Paolo Angeli, C. Toledo, Sebastián Marciano, Barbara Lattanzi, Robert A. de Man, Annette Dam Fialla, Gisela Pinero, Sung Eun Kim, Nicolas M. Intagliata, Hans Van Vlierberghe, Pere Ginès, Kalyan Ram Bhamidimarri, Liane Rabinowich, Do Seon Song, Shivaram Prasad Singh, Michele Bartoletti, Alexander L. Gerbes, Marco Sacco, Laurentius A. Lesmana, Sang Gyune Kim, Jeong Han Kim, Sun Young Yim, Thomas D. Boyer

Publikováno v: Gastroenterology, 156(5), 1368-+. W.B. Saunders
Piano, S, Singh, V, Caraceni, P, Maiwall, R, Alessandria, C, Fernandez, J, Soares, E C, Kim, D J, Kim, S E, Marino, M, Vorobioff, J, de Cassia Ribeiro Barea, R, Merli, M, Elkrief, L, Vargas, V, Krag, A, Singh, S P, Lesmana, L A, Toledo, C, Marciano, S, Verhelst, X, Wong, F, Intagliata, N, Rabinowich, L, Colombato, L, Kim, S G, Gerbes, A, Durand, F, Roblero, J P, Bhamidimarri, K R, Boyer, T D, Maevskaya, M, Fassio, E, Kim, H S, Hwang, J S, Gines, P, Gadano, A, Sarin, S K, Angeli, P & International Club of Ascites Global Study Group 2019, ' Epidemiology and Effects of Bacterial Infections in Patients With Cirrhosis Worldwide ', Gastroenterology, vol. 156, no. 5, pp. 1368-1380.e10 . https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2018.12.005

Background & Aims: Bacterial infections are common and life-threatening in patients with cirrhosis. Little is known about the epidemiology of bacterial infections in different regions. We performed a multicenter prospective intercontinental study to

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Direct acting antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis C in Denmark:factors associated with and barriers to treatment initiation

Autor: Sølund, Christina, Hallager, Sofie, Pedersen, Martin S, Fahnøe, Ulrik, Ernst, Anja, Krarup, Henrik B, Røge, Birgit T, Christensen, Peer B, Laursen, Alex L, Gerstoft, Jan, Bélard, Erika, Madsen, Lone G, Schønning, Kristian, Pedersen, Anders G, Bukh, Jens, Weis, Nina, Krarup, Henrik, Hansen, Jesper Bach, Mygind, Lone

Publikováno v: Gerstoft, J & DANHEP group 2018, ' Direct acting antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis C in Denmark : factors associated with and barriers to treatment initiation ', Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 53, no. 7, pp. 849-856 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00365521.2018.1467963
Sølund, C, Hallager, S, Pedersen, M S, Fahnøe, U, Ernst, A, Krarup, H B, Røge, B T, Christensen, P B, Laursen, A L, Gerstoft, J, Bélard, E, Madsen, L G, Schønning, K, Pedersen, A G, Bukh, J, Weis, N, DANHEP group, Krarup, H, Hansen, J B & Mygind, L 2018, ' Direct acting antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis C in Denmark : factors associated with and barriers to treatment initiation ', Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 53, no. 7, pp. 849-856 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00365521.2018.1467963
DANHEP Group 2018, ' Direct acting antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis C in Denmark : factors associated with and barriers to treatment initiation ', Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 53, no. 7, pp. 849-856 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00365521.2018.1467963

OBJECTIVES: We describe factors associated with and barriers to initiation of Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis C, who fulfill national fibrosis treatment guidelines in Denmark.MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this n

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Characteristics of liver cirrhosis in Italy: Evidence for a decreasing role of HCV aetiology

Autor: Tommaso Stroffolini, Evangelista Sagnelli, Giovanni Battista Gaeta, Caterina Sagnelli, Angelo Andriulli, Giuseppina Brancaccio, Mario Pirisi, Guido Colloredo, Filomena Morisco, Caterina Furlan, Piero Luigi Almasio, Sergio Babudieri, Bruno Cacopardo, Nicola Coppola, Massimo De Luca, Anna Licata, Mariantonietta Pisaturo, Floriano Rosina, Maurizio Russello, Teresa Santantonio, Antonina Smedile

Previous cross-sectional studies have shown that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection had been the main agent associated with liver cirrhosis in Italy. Abstract BACKGROUND: Previous cross-sectional studies have shown that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infecti

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