Obaid Shaikh, MD
Obaid Shaikh, MD

Butt AA, Yan P, Aslam S, Abou-Samra AB, Sherman KE, Shaikh OS. Liver Fibrosis Progression and Mortality in Hepatitis B- and C-Coinfected Persons Treated With Directly Acting Antiviral Agents: Results From ERCHIVES. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Dec 16. pii: ciz1097. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz1097. PubMed PMID: 31840746.

ABSTRACT
For persons with baseline Fibrosis-4 1.46-3.25, cirrhosis incidence/1000 patient-years was 49.3 among hepatitis B virus (HBV)/hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfected and 18.2 among HCV monoinfected (P = .03). Cirrhosis risk was numerically higher but statistically nonsignificant among HBV/HCV coinfected (hazards ratio [HR] 1.51; 95% confidence intervals [CI], .37-6.05) but lower among those who attained sustained virologic response (HR, .52; 95% CI, .42-.63).
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