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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Print version ISSN 1413-8670On-line version ISSN 1678-4391
Abstract
PAVAN, Maria Helena P. et al. Viral hepatitis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Braz J Infect Dis [online]. 2003, vol.7, n.4, pp.253-261. ISSN 1678-4391. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-86702003000400005.
From 1992 to 1995 we studied 232 (69% male, 87% Caucasian) anti-human immunodeficiency virus (anti-HIV) positive Brazilian patients, through a questionnaire; HIV had been acquired sexually by 50%, from blood by 32%, sexually and/or from blood by 16.4% and by an unknown route by 1.7%. Intravenous drug use was reported by 29%; it was the most important risk factor for HIV transmission. The alanine aminotransferase quotient (qALT) was >1 for 40% of the patients, 93.6% had anti-hepatitis A virus antibody, 5.3% presented hepatitis B surface antigen, 44% were anti-hepatitis B core antigen positive and 53.8% were anti-hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) positive. The anti-HCV test showed a significant association with qALT>1. Patients for whom the probable HIV transmission route was blood had a 10.8 times greater risk of being anti-HCV positive than patients infected by other routes. Among 30 patients submitted to liver biopsy, 18 presented chronic hepatitis.
Keywords : Hepatitis C virus; human immunodeficiency virus; alanine aminotransferase quotient; anti-hepatitis A antibody; hepatitis B surface antigen; anti-hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc).
