Treatment of hepatitis C in a case of pediatric B-cell acute leukemia.

Autor: Jakhar, Nikita, Gera, Akriti, Mittal, Richa, Mehndiratta, Sumit, Shalimar, Singh, Amitabh
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Zdroj: Journal of Global Infectious Diseases; Jan-Mar2022, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p35-37, 3p
Abstrakt: The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Pediatric patients with lymphoproliferative diseases has most commonly been reported with B cell Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Case studies have reported the requirement of dose reduction or suspension of chemotherapy in 80% of Pediatric ALL cases who are anti-HCV positive owing to hepatotoxicity. The standard of care anti HCV therapy in children aged 3-17 years had been peginterferon and ribavirin for 48 weeks. FDA approved pan-genotypic, anti- HCV regimen, sofosbuvir/velpatasvir [SOF/VEL], for the Pediatric population >6yrs of age or >17 kg body weight in March 2020. We herein report a case of an HCV infected Pediatric B cell ALL patient who was treated with SOF/VEL concomitantly with an intensive chemotherapy regimen. Child tolerated the full dose chemotherapy along with antivirals for 12 weeks and was in morphological remission with sustained virological response. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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