Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients with hepatitis B virus infection - a retrospective study.

Rui LiuLi ZhaoXiaoming ChengHuan HanCong LiDong LiAndrew LiuGuosheng GaoFeng ZhouFang LiuYingan JiangChengliang ZhuYuchen Xia

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2021)

While chronic HBV infection did not predispose COVID-19 patients to more severe outcomes, our data suggest SARS-CoV-2 and HBV coinfection poses a higher extent of dysregulation of host functions at the onset of COVID-19. Thus, caution needs to be taken with the management of SARS-CoV-2 and HBV coinfected patients.

Keyphrases

sars cov
hepatitis b virus
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
liver failure
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
early onset
big data
type diabetes
electronic health record
metabolic syndrome
machine learning
patient reported
deep learning