Care of patients coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus: 2007 updated recommendations from the HCV–HIV International Panel

• Published in: AIDS (London) Vol. 21; no. 9; pp. 1073 - 1089
• Main Authors: Soriano, Vincent, Puoti, Massimo, Sulkowski, Mark, Cargnel, Antonietta, Benhamou, Yves, Peters, Marion, Mauss, Stefan, Bräu, Norbert, Hatzakis, Angelos, Pol, Stanislas, Rockstroh, Juergen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 31.05.2007
• Subjects: Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use; Anti-Retroviral Agents - adverse effects; Antiviral Agents - administration & dosage; Biological and medical sciences; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; Drug Administration Schedule; Drug Interactions; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis C, Chronic - complications; Hepatitis C, Chronic - drug therapy; Hepatitis C, Chronic - enzymology; HIV Infections - complications; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - enzymology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Human viral diseases; Humans; Immunodeficiencies; Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies; Immunopathology; Infectious diseases; Interferons - administration & dosage; Liver Cirrhosis - etiology; Liver Cirrhosis - pathology; Medical sciences; Ribavirin - administration & dosage; Transaminases - analysis; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; Viral hepatitis; Immunopathology; Mixed infection; liver; Cytokine; Hepatic disease; AIDS; Immune deficiency; Recommendation; Ribavirin; Infection; Virus; HIV; Viral disease; Nucleoside analog; Digestive diseases; Antiviral; Interferon; HCV; Flaviviridae; Hepatitis C virus; Hepacivirus; Viral hepatitis C

Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection is currently one of the most clinically relevant comorbidities in the HIV population; overall, it affects one third of HIV-positive individuals. Progression to end-stage liver disease occurs faster in coinfected patients and decompensated cirrhosis is one of the m...