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Reactivation of hepatitis C virus with severe hepatitis flare during steroid administration for interstitial pneumonia.
Clinical journal of gastroenterology - 1 Aug 2021
Sato Kosuke, Inoue Jun, Kakazu Eiji, Ninomiya Masashi, Iwata Tomoaki, Sano Akitoshi, Tsuruoka Mio, Masamune Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus reactivation (HCVr) was defined previously as an increase in HCV RNA level of ≥ 1 log10 IU/mL from baseline HCV RNA level after chemotherapies or immunosuppressive therapies, but HCVr during a steroid monotherapy has rarely been reported. Here we report a 75-year-old Japanese female with chronic hepatitis C (genotype 2a) who developed HCVr after the administration of prednisolone for...
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