Case Report: Hepatitis C Virus Activation in HIV-Infected Patients Initiating Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
2007
We describe repeated episodes of hepatitis C (HCV) activation associated with initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in two HIV/HCV coinfected individuals with undetectable serum HCV RNA. Both patients developed high HCV viremia (>1 million IU/mL) and elevations in aminotransferases >10 times upper limit of normal) within 4 months of starting HAART. This is the first report of clinically significant HCV activation in HCV-seropositive patients with initially undetectable HCV viremia. These observations suggest that flares of hepatitis C in the setting of the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome can occur even in those patients who have undetectable serum HCV levels prior to HAART initiation.
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