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Treatment of Acute Hepatitis
Marco Antonio Olivera Martínez1,
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of those exposed to HCV&#44; some groups<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a> consider that early treatment of the infection reduces the probability of development of quasispecies and the risk of developing chronic disease&#46; The following factors should be taken into account to minimize occupational exposure to HCV&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a></p><p id="p0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">1&#46; Personnel at risk of contracting HCV are those involved in caring for patients&#44; collection of body fluids&#44; and laboratory work&#44; students of medicine and related occupations&#44; employees of hospitals and health centers&#44; physicians&#44; surgeons&#44; administrative personnel&#44; and voluntary workers who care for potentially infectious patients&#46;</p><p id="p0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">2&#46; Occupational exposure to HCV may occur via percutaneous lesions &#40;needle punctures or injuries made by a sharp instruments&#41; 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In Canada&#44; 39&#37; of incidents involving potential HCV infections are not registered&#44; and in the United States 30&#37; of such incidents are not reported&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0010">Occupational risk of HCV infection</span><p id="p0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The possibility of developing hepatitis C depends on the quantity of virus that an individual is exposed to<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> HCV infection rates among surgical personnel exposed to sharp instruments are 0&#37;&#8211;7&#37;&#44; but among surgical personnel exposed to sharping instruments&#44; the infection rate is 10&#37;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> The mean rate of HCV infection of all personnel involved in the health industry is 1&#46;8&#37;&#8211;3&#37;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a></p><p id="p0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Needles harboring hematic residues are more frequently involved in transmission of HCV than any other type of medical equipment&#46; HCV is not transmitted via contact with intact skin&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0015">Management of health personnel after exposure to HCV</span><p id="p0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">To date&#44; there are no long-term clinical studies that have proved the usefulness of immunomodulatory agents &#40;interferons&#41;&#44; antiviral drugs&#44; or combinations of immunomodulatory and antiviral drugs after exposure to HCV&#46; Experimental data derived from chimpanzees suggest that administration of immunoglobulin does not prevent the development of HCV infection&#46; It has been concluded that the disease must be determined for interferon to be effective&#46;</p><p id="p0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Studies of viral kinetics suggest that agents for treatment of the chronic form of the disease are not useful for prophylaxis of acute infection because of their mechanism of action&#46; Interferon acts by blocking the production and release of the virus from infected cells and eradicating the virus from infected cells&#46;</p><p id="p0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">There is no valid reason for initiating prophylaxis after exposure to HCV&#59; however&#44; individuals who have been exposed should be followed up to monitor their seroconversion&#46; <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> Individuals identified as the sources of potential exposure of health workers to HCV &#40;index cases&#41; should be screened and monitored for HCV and other viruses that are capable of percutaneous transmission &#40;e&#46;g&#46;&#44; hepatitis B virus&#44; human immunodeficiency virus&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0020">Other populations at risk of infection with HCV</span><p id="p0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">An Australian study showed that prisoners who share needles for intravenous drug administration have a higher risk of infection with HCV than with hepatitis B virus or HIV&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> People who share spring-loaded finger-stick devices for self monitoring of capillary blood glucose levels are also at risk of exposure to HCV&#44; 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types of tests to be conducted on the index case&#44;</p><p id="p0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">2&#46; types of tests to be conducted on the exposed individual at baseline and at weeks 4-6&#44; month 3&#44; and month 6 thereafter&#44; and</p><p id="p0100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">3&#46; provision for confirmation of a positive HCV ELISA</p><p id="p0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">by RIBA&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0030">Management of acute hepatitis C</span><p id="p0110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">As there is no evidence that prophylactic treatment is indicated after exposure to HCV&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> several groups have standardized protocols for the treatment of acute infections&#46; 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but the dose&#44; regime&#44; and duration of treatment were not standardized&#44; and the preventative effect of the treatments on the evolution of hepatitis C to the chronic form only became evident after at least 6 months of treatment&#46;</p><p id="p0115" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Irrespective of whether acute hepatitis C is treated with interferon monotherapy or a combination of interferon and ribavirin&#44; therapy must be initiated between 4 and 8 weeks after symptoms of acute infection appear&#46; If therapy is initiated at an early stage&#44; an SVR of 87&#37; to 100&#37; may be expected&#44; but if treatment is delayed&#44; an SVR of up to 53&#37; may be anticipated&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0055"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a> A Spanish study reported that treatment of an acute hepatitis C patient with pegylated interferon and ribavirin resulted in SVR 24 weeks after conclusion of the treatment&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0035">Comments</span><p id="p0120" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">There is no consensus on the best treatment for acute hepatitis C&#46; As pegylated interferons are the gold standards for therapy of chronic diseases&#44; it is suggested that they be administered for 12 to 24 weeks for treatment of acute hepatitis C&#46; This will contribute significantly to reducing the side effects of treatment as suggested in previous reports&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0055"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0060"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a></p><p id="p0125" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">Recommendations of the consensus panel</span></p><p id="p0130" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">1&#46; What are the criteria for diagnosis of acute hepatitis C&#63; The following criteria were established by the panel&#46;</p><p id="p0135" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><ul class="elsevierStyleList" id="li0005"><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0005"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0140" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">the presence of a risk factor</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0010"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0145" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">an elevated aminotransferase level</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0015"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0150" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">the presence of HCV RNA</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0020"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0155" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">seroconversion</p></li></ul></p></span><span id="sec0040" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0040">The quality of evidence for this recommendation was given a rating of 2</span><p id="p0160" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">What is the best time to treat acute HCV infection&#63;</span></p><p id="p0165" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Treatment should be initiated 12 weeks after of symptoms of acute hepatitis C become evident&#46; Consensus was not reached on the best treatment for acute HCV infection&#44; but most of the panel members preferred combined therapy &#40;pegylated interferon &#43; ribavirin&#41; to interferon monotherapy &#40;pegylated interferon&#41;&#46; Studies published to date indicate that treatment should be continued for 24 weeks</p></span><p id="p0170" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">The quality of evidence for this recommendation was given a rating of 2</span></p></span>"
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