Cryoglobuline et facteurs associés chez le patient porteur de l'anticorps du virus de l'hépatite C dans un pays à ressources limitées
INTRODUCTION: hepatitis C virus (HCV) has several extra-hepatic manifestations including cryoglubulinemia. Cryoglobulinemia is defined as the abnormal presence in the blood of one or several proteins (cryoglobulins) that can precipitate at low temperatures. METHOD: We conducted a cross-sectional ana...
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author | Eloumou, Servais Albert Fiacre Bagnaka Mefo'o, Jean Pierre Nda Nga, Winnie Tatiana Bekolo Kenfack, Gabin Ulrich Yakana, Linus Malongue, Agnès Okalla, Cecile Kowo, Mathurin Andoulo, Firmin Ankoune Tzeuton, Christian Bidja, Marie Solange Doualla Namme, Henry Luma Adiogo, Dieudonne Noah, Dominique Noah |
author_facet | Eloumou, Servais Albert Fiacre Bagnaka Mefo'o, Jean Pierre Nda Nga, Winnie Tatiana Bekolo Kenfack, Gabin Ulrich Yakana, Linus Malongue, Agnès Okalla, Cecile Kowo, Mathurin Andoulo, Firmin Ankoune Tzeuton, Christian Bidja, Marie Solange Doualla Namme, Henry Luma Adiogo, Dieudonne Noah, Dominique Noah |
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description | INTRODUCTION: hepatitis C virus (HCV) has several extra-hepatic manifestations including cryoglubulinemia. Cryoglobulinemia is defined as the abnormal presence in the blood of one or several proteins (cryoglobulins) that can precipitate at low temperatures. METHOD: We conducted a cross-sectional analytical study in the Laboratory of Biology and in the Unit of Hepatology of the General Hospital in Douala (HGD) over a period of 6 months. All patients agreeing to participate to the study and with anti-hepatitis-C antibodies under treatment or not were enrolled. Cryoglobulins were detected using biuret method and the classification was performed using Brouet immunoelectrophoresis. A multivariate analysis was conducted, confounding factors such as age, sex and the length of time after Hepatitis C Virus screening were adjusted. RESULTS: The study enrolled 116 patients. The average age of patients was 58.47±9.95 years. Male sex accounted for 50.86% of cases. Arthralgia was found in 69.80% of cases. Cryoglobulin was found in 63.80% of patients. After adjustment, female sex (OR =2.18; CI 95% [0,97-4,90]; p= 0.059), asthenia alone (OR =2.45;CI 95% [1,04-5,80]; p= 0.041), asthenia combined with arthralgia (OR =2.84;CI 95% [1,13-7, 10]; p= 0.026) and the presence of HCV RNA (OR =2.84;CI 95% [1,13-7,10]; p= 0.028) were factors independently associated with the presence of cryoglobulin. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of cryoglobubin is high in patients with anti-hepatitis-C antibodies at the HGD. Simple biological methods are used to detect it. Cryoglobulin test in patients with HCV is essential in resource-limited countries. |
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spelling | pubmed-67567982019-09-27 Cryoglobuline et facteurs associés chez le patient porteur de l'anticorps du virus de l'hépatite C dans un pays à ressources limitées Eloumou, Servais Albert Fiacre Bagnaka Mefo'o, Jean Pierre Nda Nga, Winnie Tatiana Bekolo Kenfack, Gabin Ulrich Yakana, Linus Malongue, Agnès Okalla, Cecile Kowo, Mathurin Andoulo, Firmin Ankoune Tzeuton, Christian Bidja, Marie Solange Doualla Namme, Henry Luma Adiogo, Dieudonne Noah, Dominique Noah Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: hepatitis C virus (HCV) has several extra-hepatic manifestations including cryoglubulinemia. Cryoglobulinemia is defined as the abnormal presence in the blood of one or several proteins (cryoglobulins) that can precipitate at low temperatures. METHOD: We conducted a cross-sectional analytical study in the Laboratory of Biology and in the Unit of Hepatology of the General Hospital in Douala (HGD) over a period of 6 months. All patients agreeing to participate to the study and with anti-hepatitis-C antibodies under treatment or not were enrolled. Cryoglobulins were detected using biuret method and the classification was performed using Brouet immunoelectrophoresis. A multivariate analysis was conducted, confounding factors such as age, sex and the length of time after Hepatitis C Virus screening were adjusted. RESULTS: The study enrolled 116 patients. The average age of patients was 58.47±9.95 years. Male sex accounted for 50.86% of cases. Arthralgia was found in 69.80% of cases. Cryoglobulin was found in 63.80% of patients. After adjustment, female sex (OR =2.18; CI 95% [0,97-4,90]; p= 0.059), asthenia alone (OR =2.45;CI 95% [1,04-5,80]; p= 0.041), asthenia combined with arthralgia (OR =2.84;CI 95% [1,13-7, 10]; p= 0.026) and the presence of HCV RNA (OR =2.84;CI 95% [1,13-7,10]; p= 0.028) were factors independently associated with the presence of cryoglobulin. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of cryoglobubin is high in patients with anti-hepatitis-C antibodies at the HGD. Simple biological methods are used to detect it. Cryoglobulin test in patients with HCV is essential in resource-limited countries. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6756798/ /pubmed/31565130 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.33.169.19162 Text en © Servais Albert Fiacre Eloumou Bagnaka et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Eloumou, Servais Albert Fiacre Bagnaka Mefo'o, Jean Pierre Nda Nga, Winnie Tatiana Bekolo Kenfack, Gabin Ulrich Yakana, Linus Malongue, Agnès Okalla, Cecile Kowo, Mathurin Andoulo, Firmin Ankoune Tzeuton, Christian Bidja, Marie Solange Doualla Namme, Henry Luma Adiogo, Dieudonne Noah, Dominique Noah Cryoglobuline et facteurs associés chez le patient porteur de l'anticorps du virus de l'hépatite C dans un pays à ressources limitées |
title | Cryoglobuline et facteurs associés chez le patient porteur de l'anticorps du virus de l'hépatite C dans un pays à ressources limitées |
title_full | Cryoglobuline et facteurs associés chez le patient porteur de l'anticorps du virus de l'hépatite C dans un pays à ressources limitées |
title_fullStr | Cryoglobuline et facteurs associés chez le patient porteur de l'anticorps du virus de l'hépatite C dans un pays à ressources limitées |
title_full_unstemmed | Cryoglobuline et facteurs associés chez le patient porteur de l'anticorps du virus de l'hépatite C dans un pays à ressources limitées |
title_short | Cryoglobuline et facteurs associés chez le patient porteur de l'anticorps du virus de l'hépatite C dans un pays à ressources limitées |
title_sort | cryoglobuline et facteurs associés chez le patient porteur de l'anticorps du virus de l'hépatite c dans un pays à ressources limitées |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6756798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31565130 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.33.169.19162 |
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