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

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

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

Izvornik
Abstract book / - Amsterdam, 1996, 217-217

Skup
XXXIIIrd Congress of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association and European Renal Association

Mjesto i datum
Amsterdam, Nizozemska, 18.06.1996. - 21.06.1996

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Hepatitis C virus infection; hemodialysis; homogeneity; genotypes; 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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