Infectious Disease

Find out: why HCV-infected hearts can be viable for non-infected recipients; why screening pregnant women for HCV is worth it; and, how even injection drug users can achieve SVR.

An HCV-infected patient who still injects drugs wants to start direct-acting antiviral therapy. What do guidelines recommend?

Even though hepatitis C cure rates are high, here are 4 issues that should still concern all healthcare providers.

ICYMI: 3 important studies at IDWeek 2018 highlighted gaps in HCV infection prevention efforts among younger adults, ie, born after the baby boomers.

How much do you know about HCV treatment in children and teens? Take this short, 5-question quiz to find out.

Universal hepatitis C screening for younger adults may be the next essential step in eradicating the infection suggests pediatric ID specialist Claudia Espinosa, MD, MSc. 

Study summaries highlight increased infection rates in young adults; a spike in HCV in reproductive-aged women; and a potential new treatment for HCV in young children.

Scroll through our quick slideshow to see how 3 recently published studies highlight the need for a telementoring program in HCV care.

HCV testing in HIV-infected men who have sex with men should be conducted every 2 years. True or False?

Expanding HCV care through primary care networks is Dr Arora's passion. The prominent HCV specialist and founder of Project ECHO explains why.

ICYMI: HCV elimination success, SVR in blacks, transplant delisting, clearance after acute infection-catch up with a quiz.

Three-year-old boy has rash x7 days on arms and legs plus low-grade fever x10-14 days. Is the eruption anomaly or simply ordinary?

Can DAA therapy remove patients from transplant waiting lists? Are HCV-infected livers--and hearts--safe for uninfected organ recipients? Three new studies explain.

Renowned transplant expert Gregory T. Everson, MD, talked with Patient Care about sensitive issues surrounding liver transplant in the era of direct-acting antiviral therapy.

Sample: Which type of practitioner most often makes the diagnosis of HCV: Gastro? GP? Hepatologist? Other?

Patient Care talked with Dr Kwo about recent updates to hepatitis C management guidelines, challenges in expanding screening, and more.

HCV screening rates improved at one large clinic from 24% to over 90% and were sustained at 1 year. How? With this 6-step intervention.

The newest HCV guidance is out on special populations. Are you up to date? Take our short, 5-question quiz to find out. 

Was it the flu vaccine? The virus itself? An unforeseen combination of both? You'll find out with these 5 questions.

For patients infected with hepatitis C virus who do not respond to direct-acting antiviral agents, results of a new study could mean a much brighter future.

Two new international studies on HCV show elimination programs have high levels of engagement, treatment initiation, and cure rates. 

These 5 questions on HCV infection are a quick brush-up on disease basics and treatment.

HCV screening of baby boomers seen in a suburban emergency department found remarkably high seropositivity rates, say authors of a new study. 

The current study was one of the largest analyses to date of black participants receiving all-oral DAA treatment.

Rx Shorts: With 2 shingles vaccines available, questions continue to multiply. Take away 4 small pearls to help answer patient questions and maybe yours.

This new quiz on hepatitis C tests what you know about mother-to-child transmission, testing at-risk populations, optimal regimens for your sickest patients, and more.

The recently-approved HCV treatment produced SVR rates of 95% or greater and discontinuation rates for AEs were  extremely low.

Black and Hispanic boomers had lower odds of HCV screening between 2013-2015, as did female and older members of the 1945-1965 cohort.

What’s swimming around in kids’ bath water-besides their rubber duckies? And why might it matter?

When to test, how long to treat, what adjustments to make to avoid dangerous drug interactions;  test your HCV IQ with a short quiz on a range of topics.