Naslov
Homogeneity of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in patients treated in two hemodialysis (HD) units ; evidence for nosocomial transmission of HCV

Autori
Golubić, Dragutin ; Vurušić, Branimir ; Kessler, Harald ; Crnogorac, Miro

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Program i knjiga sažetaka Programm and Abstract book / Smilja Kalenić, Marija Jandrlić - Zagreb : Hrvatski liječnički zbor, 1996, 44-44

Skup
IV. Hrvatski kongres kliničke mikrobiologije i infektologije s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 01.10.1996. - 04.10.1996

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
Hepatitis C; genotipovi; homogenost; hemodijaliza; nozokomijalni prijenos
(Hepatitis C; genotypes; homogeneity; hemodialysis; nosocomial transmission)

Sažetak
We compared HCV genotypes in patients from two HD units having the same isolation facilities, but with different percentage of anti-HCV positive patients (11% vs 30%). HCV RNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed in 23 previously anti-HCV positive (by 3rd EIA generation) patients. Five patients were from the first and eighteen patients were from the second HD units. HCV genotyping was done by Inno-LIPA assay in all 20 PCR positive patients. In each HD unit exclusively one HCV genotype was found in all PCR positive subjects: in unit I it was exclusively genotype 3, and in unit II it was exclusively genotype 1b. The confirmed homogeneity of HCV genotypes in patients in both units indicate a nosocomial transmission of HCV.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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