Journal of Hepatology
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 719-728 , April 2009

Antiviral therapy increases the risk of bacterial infections in HCV-infected cirrhotic patients awaiting liver transplantation: A retrospective study

  • Jose A. Carrión

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clinic, Ciberehd and IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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  • Eva Martínez-Bauer

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clinic, Ciberehd and IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Gonzalo Crespo

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clinic, Ciberehd and IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Santseharay Ramírez

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clinic, Ciberehd and IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Sofia Pérez-del-Pulgar

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clinic, Ciberehd and IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Juan Carlos García-Valdecasas

      Affiliations

    • Liver Transplantation and Liver Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Miquel Navasa

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clinic, Ciberehd and IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Xavier Forns

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clinic, Ciberehd and IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +93 227 54 99; fax: +93 451 55 22.

Received 10 September 2008 ,Revised 5 November 2008 ,Accepted 6 November 2008.

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☆ X.F. has unrestricted grant support from Schering-Plough and Roche. The authors who have taken part in the research of this paper declared that they did not receive funding from the manufacturers of the drugs involved for this study.

PII: S0168-8278(08)00853-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.11.015

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 719-728 , April 2009

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