Treatment of HCV genotype 1-infection with PEG-IFNα-2b and ribavirin: high SVR rate in patients who are dually infected with either genotype 2 or 3
S Mauss, G Teuber, E Zehnter, MP Manns, T Dahhan, U Meyer, B Moeller, N Dikopoulos, T Witthoeft, M Bilzer, G Tossing, D Hueppe · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2011 · Heft 08
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Background: Patients with chronic hepatitis C who are coinfected with different genotypes (GT) are rarely seen and only few cases are described in the literature, most in former hemodialysis patients or intravenous drug users. Within a large multicentric cohort we identified those patients reported with GT 1 and a simultaneous infection with any of the GTs 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 to evaluate the treatment outcome for this special subgroup. Methods: Within a multicenter observational study in Germany 4061 patients with chronic hepatitis C were treated with a combination of Peg-IFNα-2b and ribavirin within a real life se…
