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HEPATITIS C VIRUS AND CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE KIDNEY DISEASE GUIDELINES FOR DETECTION, EVALUATION, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION IN HEMODIALYSIS UNITS; PROCEDURE FOR INFECTED PATIENTS-CANDIDATES FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION AND PROCEDURE FOR PATIENTS SUSPECTED OF HCV INFECTION-RELATED KIDNEY DISEASE

PETAR KES ; Zagreb University Hospital Center, Clinical Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Arterial Hypertension and Transplantation, zagreb, Croatia
JASNA SLAVIČEK ; Clinical Department of Pediatrics, Department of Children Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a relatively frequent complication among long-term dialysis patients. The paper presents guidelines for serologic and molecular diagnosis of hepatitis C in patients with chronic kidney disease, recommendations for the treatment of HCV infection in these patients and the prevention of transmission of HCV in hemodialysis units. A separate chapter provides guidance on the management of patients who are infected with HCV before and after kidney transplantation, and guidelines for the treatment of renal disease resulting from HCV infection.

Keywords

hepatitis C virus; chronic progressive kidney disease; guideline

Hrčak ID:

113724

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/113724

Publication date:

14.1.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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