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DOCN M9610160
TI [Hepatitis C virus viremia and Herpes zoster virus infection in a
patient in hemodialysis treated with erythropoietin]
DT 9601
AU Duclos J; Departamento de Nefrologia, Hospital Naval, Vina del Mar,;
Chile.
SO Rev Med Chil. 1995 Feb;123(2):225-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96054137
AB Hepatitis C virus infection in chronic hemodialysis patients is
associated with several unresolved problems. We report a 85 years old
female patient in chronic hemodialysis and treated with erythropoietin,
that during the course of an Herpes zoster, presented severe malaise,
weight loss and muscle weakness. Two weeks later, a slight rise in serum
transaminases was detected. The patient had negative antibodies for HIV
and hepatitis C virus and negative hepatitis B surface antigen. A PCR
test was positive for serum hepatitis C virus RNA. The patient's
condition deteriorated and she died 7 days after admission.
Erythropoietin administration, whose immunosuppressive effect has been
reported previously, could have influenced the dismal outcome of this
patient.
DE Aged Aged, 80 and over Blood Transfusion/ADVERSE EFFECTS Case Report
English Abstract Erythropoietin/*ADVERSE EFFECTS Female Follow-Up
Studies *Hemodialysis Hepatitis C/*COMPLICATIONS/ETIOLOGY Herpes
Zoster/*COMPLICATIONS Human Kidney Failure/COMPLICATIONS/THERAPY
Viremia/*COMPLICATIONS JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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