id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-284693-mgpxnnk0 Jothimani, Dinesh Post Liver transplant recurrent and de novo viral infections 2020-09-26 .txt text/plain 6339 366 41 Advanced recipient age, diabetes mellitus, severe liver disease (Child Pugh >10), IL-28B polymorphism, high HCV RNA >10 7 IU/ml, ischemic/reperfusion injury, CMV, donor age >65 years, cold ischaemic time over 8 hours and warm ischemia over 90 minutes, marginal graft, DCD donor, higher immunosuppression in particular high dose corticosteroids for acute cellular rejection, use of anti-thymocyte globulin were significantly associated with rHCV in the liver allograft 15, 16 . Initial studies with sofosbuvir and ribavirin combination therapy for post-transplant rHCV showed poor drug tolerance, however, the main adverse event was anaemia related to ribavirin in 62% of patients, and subsequent hepatic decompensation related to the low haemoglobin 38 . A study by Pellicelli et al., showed significant adverse events including hepatic decompensation and 25% mortality in those with advanced disease following treatment with daclatasvir and sofosbuvir for post-transplant rHCV 51 . ./cache/cord-284693-mgpxnnk0.txt ./txt/cord-284693-mgpxnnk0.txt