Importance of Hepatitis C Virus RNA Testing in Patients with Suspected Drug-Induced Liver Injury.

Jawad AhmadK Rajender ReddyHans L TillmannPaul H HayashiNaga ChalasaniRobert J FontanaVictor J NavarroAndrew StolzHuiman BarnhartGavin A ClohertyJay H Hoofnagle

Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2019)

Twenty-three of 1518 (1.5%) cases of suspected DILI were due to acute HCV infection. We recommend that initial and follow-up HCV RNA testing should be performed to exclude HCV in patients with acute hepatocellular injury and suspected DILI.

Keyphrases

hepatitis c virus
drug induced
human immunodeficiency virus
pulmonary embolism
liver failure
respiratory failure
nucleic acid
emergency department
hiv infected