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Hepatitis C Virus
Report summarizes hepatitis C virus study findings from J. Torres and co-researchers
September 23rd, 2008
"Little is known about the role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the development of tuberculosis (TB) in patients with immunosuppression. We performed a retrospective case-control study (1:4) to investigate by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis the importance of HCV infection in the development of TB in a cohort of kidney transplant recipients (KTR)," investigators in Madrid, Spain report. "TB was diagnosed in 16 out of 2012 (0.8%) KTR between 1976 and 2004. The percentage of HCV-positive patients was significantly higher in cases than in controls (56.3% vs. 18.8%; P = 0.02). By multivariate analysis, the only two independent risk factors...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-23)
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