Care of patients coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus: 2007 updated recommendations from the HCV–HIV International Panel

V Soriano, M Puoti, M Sulkowski, A Cargnel… - Aids, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection is currently one of the most clinically relevant
comorbidities in the HIV population; overall, it affects one third of HIV-positive individuals [1] …

Viral hepatitis and HIV co-infection

V Soriano, E Vispo, P Labarga, J Medrano, P Barreiro - Antiviral research, 2010 - Elsevier
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is overall recognised in 10% of HIV+ persons
worldwide, with large differences according to geographical region. Chronic hepatitis C virus …

Incidence and Predictors of Severe Liver Fibrosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus—Infected Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: A European Collaborative Study

L Martín-Carbonero, Y Benhamou… - Clinical Infectious …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
A study was performed in 10 European health care centers in which 914 patients coinfected
with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who had elevated …

Association of a single nucleotide polymorphism near the interleukin-28B gene with response to hepatitis C therapy in HIV/hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients

NI Rallón, S Naggie, JM Benito, J Medrano, C Restrepo… - Aids, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background: Given that peginterferon–ribavirin treatment is poorly tolerated, there is interest
in the identification of predictors of response, particularly in HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) …

Hepatotoxicity of antiretroviral drugs is reduced after successful treatment of chronic hepatitis C in HIV-infected patients

P Labarga, V Soriano, ME Vispo, J Pinilla… - The Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background. The risk of liver toxicity during antiretroviral drug use in human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients increases in the presence of chronic hepatitis …

Liver cirrhosis in HIV‐infected patients: prevalence, aetiology and clinical outcome

C Castellares, P Barreiro… - Journal of viral …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Liver disease is frequently seen in HIV+ patients as a result of coinfection with hepatitis B
(HBV) or C (HCV) viruses, alcohol abuse and/or exposure to hepatotoxic drugs. The aim of …

Is there evidence for an increase in the death rate from liver-related disease in patients with HIV?

A Mocroft, V Soriano, J Rockstroh, P Reiss, O Kirk… - Aids, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Background: Increases in deaths due to liver-related disease (LRD) among HIV-infected
individuals have been reported although the influence of combination antiretroviral therapy …

Management of chronic hepatitis B and C in HIV-coinfected patients

V Soriano, P Barreiro, M Nunez - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
One-third of HIV-infected individuals worldwide suffer from chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection, but chronic hepatitis C affects more than 75% of HIV-positive subjects infected …

Liver fibrosis on account of chronic hepatitis C is more severe in HIV‐positive than HIV‐negative patients despite antiretroviral therapy

V De Ledinghen, P Barreiro, J Foucher… - Journal of viral …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The recent availability of non‐invasive tools to measure liver fibrosis has allowed
examination of its extent and determination of predictors in all patients with chronic hepatitis …

Low response to pegylated interferon plus ribavirin in HIV-infected patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with abacavir

E Vispo, P Barreiro, JA Pineda, JA Mira… - Antiviral …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Background There is little information about the influence of antiretroviral drugs on the
antiviral activity of pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin (RBV) against hepatitis C …