| hepatitis c virus transmission in hemodialysis units: importance of infection control practices and aseptic technique. | we investigated 4 hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection outbreaks at hemodialysis units to identify practices associated with transmission. apparent failures to follow recommended infection control precautions resulted in patient-to-patient hcv transmission, through cross-contamination of the environment or intravenous medication vials. fastidious attention to aseptic technique and infection control precautions are essential to prevent hcv transmission. | 2009 | 19642900 |
| diabetes mellitus is associated with impaired response to antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis c infection. | insulin resistance may promote hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis c (hcv) and has emerged as a cofactor in failure to achieve sustained viral response (svr). aims: (1) to assess the association of diabetes mellitus (dm) in hcv patients to the severity of hepatic fibrosis and to the response to antiviral treatment. (2) to assess the safety of pegylated interferon and ribavirin combination therapy (peg ifn/rbv) in diabetic hcv patients. methods hcv diabetics (n=61) were identified. a 2:1 matchi ... | 2009 | 19148751 |
| fatigue and health-related quality of life (hrql) in chronic hepatitis c virus infection. | in addition to chronic hepatitis, many individuals infected with hepatitis c virus (hcv) suffer from fatigue, which may compromise their health-related quality of life (hrql). to assess systematically health-related quality of life (hrql) in patients with chronic hepatitis c and to determine if any clinical, biochemical, virologic, demographic, and histologic features are associated with hrql status. in this cross-sectional observational study, one hundred thirty patients with chronic hcv infect ... | 2007 | 17406828 |
| the prevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) in infants and children after liver transplantation. | hepatitis c virus (hcv) is an important cause of liver injury following liver transplantation in adults. we hypothesized that the prevalence of hcv infection in children following liver transplantation would be lower than the prevalence in adults after liver transplantation because hcv-related liver disease leading to liver transplantation in children is low and children require less blood products than adults during transplantation. we therefore performed a cross-sectional study to determine th ... | 1994 | 7924751 |
| hepatitis c virus infection in healthcare workers: risk of exposure and infection. | to determine the incidence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection among healthcare workers (hcws) at a university hospital, the proportion of hcws having non-a, non-b hepatitis (nanbh) who were anti-hcv positive, and the rate of hcv transmission following a hcv-positive needlestick injury. | 1994 | 7534324 |