Main description:

This book presents up-to-date, practically oriented information on major topics in chronic hepatitis C. The coverage encompasses epidemiology; diagnosis, including molecular methods; treatment and challenges; and the management of co-infections. Readers will find guidance on pretherapeutic evaluation with respect to disease severity and extrahepatic manifestations. Resistance to antiviral treatment and its management are discussed, and the nature of optimal follow-up is addressed in detail. Treatment of HCV/HIV co-infection is considered separately, and the approach in special patient populations is thoroughly examined. Chronic Hepatitis C will be of high value for general practitioners and specialists in gastroenterology, infectious diseases, and internal medicine. It will be international in scope in terms of both authorship and appeal.

Contents:

1. Pretherapeutic evaluation of the patients and evaluation of the severity of hepatic disease

2. HIV HCV co-infection: current challenges

3. TREATMENT OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTED PATIENTS WITH RENAL FAILURE

4. Global Epidemiology of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

5. LABORATORY AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF HEPATITIS C AND RESISTANCE TESTING

6. EXTRAHEPATIC MANIFESTATIONS OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION

7. Current Therapy of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus in Treatment Naive Patients

8. Management of Interferon-Free Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy Failure

9. Management of HCV Infection In Decompen-sated Cirrhosis In The Transplantation Setting

10. Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus in Special populations (HBV co-infection, Drug users and prisoners)

11. Acute Hepatitis C