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https://hdl.handle.net/1/239| Title: | Hepatitis C virus infection in haemodialysis patients | Authors: | Roger, Simon D ;Crewe, E.;Cunningham, A.;Harris, D.C. | Issue Date: | Feb-1991 | Source: | Volume 21, Issue 1, pp. 22-24 | Journal title: | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine | Abstract: | Antibody to hepatitis C has been variously detected in 1-20% of haemodialysis patients in recent studies from overseas. To determine the frequency of antibodies to the C100-3 protein of the hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) a cross-sectional study was performed in 60 patients on maintenance haemodialysis in Western Sydney. Six patients (10%) were anti-HCV seropositive. Four of the six anti-HCV positive patients were also hepatitis B core antibody positive, compared with nine of 54 anti-HCV negative patients (p less than 0.05). All anti-HCV positive patients had received multiple blood transfusions. Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) was not useful as a screening test. Recent evidence suggests that anti-HCV seropositivity underestimates infectivity. | URI: | https://elibrary.cclhd.health.nsw.gov.au/cclhdjspui/handle/1/239 | ISSN: | 0004-8291 | Publicaton type: | Journal Article | Keywords: | Dialysis Hepatitis Haematology Hematology Kidney Disease |
| Appears in Collections: | Renal Medicine |
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