Evaluation of Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes Among Patients Enrolled in Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy—Boston, Massachusetts, 2016–2021

In our Boston-based outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) program between 2016 and 2021, we found that a low proportion of patients with active hepatitis C virus (HCV) were prescribed HCV treatment by their OPAT provider and few achieved sustained virologic response. Clinicians should cons...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Akash, Ashour, Dina, Shebl, Fatma M, Platt, Laura, Chiosi, John J, Nelson, Sandra B, Ard, Kevin L, Kim, Arthur Y, Bassett, Ingrid V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10368317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37496604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad342
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Sumario:In our Boston-based outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) program between 2016 and 2021, we found that a low proportion of patients with active hepatitis C virus (HCV) were prescribed HCV treatment by their OPAT provider and few achieved sustained virologic response. Clinicians should consider concurrent HCV treatment during OPAT.

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