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Use of a hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA-positive donor in a treated HCV RNA-negative liver transplant recipient.
Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society - 1 Feb 2018
Campos-Varela Isabel, Agudelo Eliana Z, Sarkar Monika, Roberts John P, Terrault Norah A
Abstract excerpt
The shortage of livers has led most transplant centers to use extended criteria donors. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA-positive donor organs are typically not given to patients who have cleared HCV. A 64-year-old male with chronic hepatitis C, genotype 1b was listed for LT with hepatocellular carcinoma. While on the waiting list, the patient was treated with sofosbuvir, ledipasvir, and ribavirin and achieved an HCV...
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