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Severe hepatitis C infection in a renal transplant recipient following hepatitis C genotype mismatch transplant.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 1 Aug 2004
Schussler Thomas, Staffeld-Coit Catherine, Eason James, Nair Satheesh
Abstract excerpt
We report a case of a 32-year-old female with histologically and clinically inactive chronic hepatic C infection, who received a cadaveric renal transplant from a hepatitis C-positive donor with a different genotype. The genotype mismatch (genotype 1 to genotype 2) and change to tacrolimus-based immunosuppression resulted in severe hepatitis C infection characterized by a 10-fold increase in transaminase levels...
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