Possible acute rejection associated with the use of the new antihepatitis C virus medications

Hepatitis C virus infection is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. It remains a major challenge for management and treatment, especially in patients with renal transplant. The new directacting antiviral agents gave big hopes to both clinicians and patients that they can overcome this...

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Autores principales: Khaled Ar Karkout, Saleema Al Sherif, Qutaiba Hussein, Alia Albawardi, Yousef Boobes
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f31e5abbef6b427fbb755c5d33f5dd8e2021-12-02T17:58:44ZPossible acute rejection associated with the use of the new antihepatitis C virus medications2231-07702249-446410.4103/AJM.AJM_171_17https://doaj.org/article/f31e5abbef6b427fbb755c5d33f5dd8e2019-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/AJM.AJM_171_17https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464Hepatitis C virus infection is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. It remains a major challenge for management and treatment, especially in patients with renal transplant. The new directacting antiviral agents gave big hopes to both clinicians and patients that they can overcome this challenge without major side effects. Studies recently have supported this claim; however, they are still few, limited, and may give false hopes. In the following case report, we present a case, supported by histological evidence about a possible acute rejection of kidney transplant after treatment with these new medications. This case is limited by the absence of donorspecific antibodies. This report is aimed to increase awareness about the urgent need for further studies.Khaled Ar KarkoutSaleema Al SherifQutaiba HusseinAlia AlbawardiYousef BoobesThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articleacute rejectionanti-hepatitis c virus medicationdaclatasvirdirect-acting antiviral agentskidney transplantsofosbuvirMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 9, Iss 01, Pp 32-34 (2019)
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topic acute rejection
anti-hepatitis c virus medication
daclatasvir
direct-acting antiviral agents
kidney transplant
sofosbuvir
Medicine
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spellingShingle acute rejection
anti-hepatitis c virus medication
daclatasvir
direct-acting antiviral agents
kidney transplant
sofosbuvir
Medicine
R
Khaled Ar Karkout
Saleema Al Sherif
Qutaiba Hussein
Alia Albawardi
Yousef Boobes
Possible acute rejection associated with the use of the new antihepatitis C virus medications
description Hepatitis C virus infection is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. It remains a major challenge for management and treatment, especially in patients with renal transplant. The new directacting antiviral agents gave big hopes to both clinicians and patients that they can overcome this challenge without major side effects. Studies recently have supported this claim; however, they are still few, limited, and may give false hopes. In the following case report, we present a case, supported by histological evidence about a possible acute rejection of kidney transplant after treatment with these new medications. This case is limited by the absence of donorspecific antibodies. This report is aimed to increase awareness about the urgent need for further studies.
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author Khaled Ar Karkout
Saleema Al Sherif
Qutaiba Hussein
Alia Albawardi
Yousef Boobes
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title Possible acute rejection associated with the use of the new antihepatitis C virus medications
title_short Possible acute rejection associated with the use of the new antihepatitis C virus medications
title_full Possible acute rejection associated with the use of the new antihepatitis C virus medications
title_fullStr Possible acute rejection associated with the use of the new antihepatitis C virus medications
title_full_unstemmed Possible acute rejection associated with the use of the new antihepatitis C virus medications
title_sort possible acute rejection associated with the use of the new antihepatitis c virus medications
publisher Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
publishDate 2019
url https://doaj.org/article/f31e5abbef6b427fbb755c5d33f5dd8e
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