Japanese man with HCV genotype 4 infection and cirrhosis who was successfully treated by the combination of glecaprevir and pibrentasvir

Mai Totsuka, Masayuki Honda, Tatsuo Kanda, Tomotaka Ishii, Naoki Matsumoto, Yoichiro Yamana, Tomohiro Kaneko, Taku Mizutani, Hiroshi Takahashi, Mariko Kumagawa, Reina Sasaki, Ryota Masuzaki, Shini Kanezawa, Kazushige Nirei, Hiroaki Yamagami, Shunichi Matsuoka, Hiroshi Ohnishi, Hiroaki Okamoto, Mitsuhiko Moriyama

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Abstract

A 74-year-old man with a history of transfusion at 35 years old in Egypt was referred to our hospital. He was infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 4 (GT4), which is a rare HCV GT in Japan, and was also diagnosed with hepatic compensated cirrhosis. We safely treated the patient for 12 weeks with the combination of glecaprevir and pibrentasvir, and a sustained virologic response (SVR) was achieved. This is the first report of HCV GT4 infection in a treatment-naïve Japanese patient with cirrhosis in whom SVR was achieved with the combination treatment of glecaprevir and pibrentasvir.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2061-2066
Number of pages6
JournalInternal Medicine
Volume60
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Keywords

  • Cirrhosis
  • DAA
  • HCV genotype 4
  • Japan
  • Transfusion

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