A Rare Case of Icteric Acute Hepatitis C Infection Acquired Through Intranasal Methamphetamine Use

Most patients with acute hepatitis C (HCV) infections are asymptomatic, while 15% present with jaundice. Intranasal drug use can uncommonly transmit HCV via contaminated instruments and nasal epithelial breakdown. Given a 15% prevalence of HCV infection in chronic methamphetamine users, recognition...

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Autores principales: Chou, Christina, Yimam, Kidist K., Frederick, R. Todd, Swenson, Sara L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157842
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2014.18
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author Chou, Christina
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description Most patients with acute hepatitis C (HCV) infections are asymptomatic, while 15% present with jaundice. Intranasal drug use can uncommonly transmit HCV via contaminated instruments and nasal epithelial breakdown. Given a 15% prevalence of HCV infection in chronic methamphetamine users, recognition of potential transmission routes is important to target prevention and screening efforts in this population.
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spelling pubmed-44352862015-07-08 A Rare Case of Icteric Acute Hepatitis C Infection Acquired Through Intranasal Methamphetamine Use Chou, Christina Yimam, Kidist K. Frederick, R. Todd Swenson, Sara L. ACG Case Rep J Case Report Most patients with acute hepatitis C (HCV) infections are asymptomatic, while 15% present with jaundice. Intranasal drug use can uncommonly transmit HCV via contaminated instruments and nasal epithelial breakdown. Given a 15% prevalence of HCV infection in chronic methamphetamine users, recognition of potential transmission routes is important to target prevention and screening efforts in this population. American College of Gastroenterology 2014-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4435286/ /pubmed/26157842 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2014.18 Text en Copyright © Chou et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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title_short A Rare Case of Icteric Acute Hepatitis C Infection Acquired Through Intranasal Methamphetamine Use
title_sort rare case of icteric acute hepatitis c infection acquired through intranasal methamphetamine use
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157842
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2014.18
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