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- Title
Cirrhosis and liver transplantation in patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis B or C: an observational cohort study.
- Authors
Warren-Gash, Charlotte; Childs, Kate; Thornton, Alicia; Bhagani, Sanjay; Demma, Shirin; Srivastava, Ankur; Leen, Clifford; Agarwal, Kosh; Rodger, Alison; Sabin, Caroline
- Abstract
This study assessed the likelihood of referral for liver transplantation assessment in a prospective cohort of patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis B or C with complications of cirrhosis. There were 141 co-infected patients from 11 UK centres with at least one complication of cirrhosis recorded (either decompensation or hepatocellular carcinoma) out of 772 identified with cirrhosis and/or HCC. Only 23 of these 141 (16.3%) were referred for liver transplantation assessment, even though referral is recommended for co-infected patients after the first decompensation episode.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; MEDICAL referrals; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV-positive persons; CIRRHOSIS of the liver; LIVER transplantation; LONGITUDINAL method; SCIENTIFIC observation; MIXED infections; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Infection, 2017, Vol 45, Issue 2, p215
- ISSN
0300-8126
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s15010-016-0976-x