Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38324877›Full record

ArticleRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo2024

Prevalence and clinical consequences of Hepatitis C virus infection in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Ana Claudia Marques Barbosa Diaz, Steven Sol Witkin, Cesar de Almeida Neto, Alfredo Mendrone Junior, Vanderson Rocha, Silvia Figueiredo Costa, Jessica Fernandes Ramos, Maria Cassia Mendes-Correa

Open access · diamondAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ana Claudia Marques Barbosa DiazUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1353-2025
Steven Sol WitkinUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Laboratório de Investigação Médica em Virologia (LIM-52), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3502-3929
Cesar de Almeida NetoFundação Pró-Sangue, Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8490-4634
Alfredo Mendrone JuniorFundação Pró-Sangue, Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3090-4575
Vanderson RochaFundação Pró-Sangue, Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0094-619X
Silvia Figueiredo CostaUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Laboratorio de Investigação Médica em Virologia (LIM-49, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1087-752X
Jessica Fernandes RamosUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7023-9514
Maria Cassia Mendes-CorreaUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5655-8108
Universidade de São Paulo · BRCornell College · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) recipients. In Brazil, its occurrence in HCT recipients remains undetermined. We now report on HCV prevalence in HCT recipients and its clinical consequences. The medical records of all HCT recipients seen at Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo University Medical School, from January 2010 to January 2020 were reviewed to determine HCV serostatus. A retrospective analysis of medical charts was undertaken on all seropositive cases to determine HCV genotype, presence of liver fibrosis, co-infections with other viruses, previous treatments, and clinical evolution of liver pathology after HCT. Of the 1,293 HCT recipients included in the study, seven (0.54%) were HCV antibody-positive and five (0.39%) were also viremic for HCV-RNA. Four of these individuals had moderate to severe liver fibrosis (METAVIR F2/F3) and one was cirrhotic. Two of the viremic patients developed acute liver dysfunction following transplantation. All patients had their acute episode of liver dysfunction resolved with no further complications. Four of the viremic patients were treated for HCV infection with direct acting agents (DAA). Information regarding HCV treatment was lacking for one of the viremic HCV patients due to loss of follow up. Sustained anti-virologic responses were observed in three cases after the use of DAA. The detection of HCV in hematological adults undergoing HCT and its successful treatment with DAA highlight the necessity of testing for HCV both prior to and following transplantation.

Indexed as

Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHepatitis CHepatitis C, ChronicAdultAntiviral AgentsBrazilHepacivirusHumansLiver CirrhosisPrevalenceRetrospective StudiesAntiviral Agents

Identifiers

PMID38324877
PMCPMC10846481
OpenAlexW4391534476

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.