Hepatitis C Virus Risk Factors
New hepatitis C virus risk factors research from D. Webster et al outlined
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, September 10th, 2007
A new study, "Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients receiving pegylated interferon-alpha and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C virus infection," is now available. "Bacteremia has rarely been reported in patients receiving treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We describe the features and investigation of four cases of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia occurring between 3 November 2004 and 10 January 2005 in patients on therapy for chronic HCV infection," scientists writing in the Journal of Viral Hepatitis report.
"The unusual occurrence of S. aureus bacteremia in a series of patients led to an epidemiologic investigation and...
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