How Aware are We of the Immune Status of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis A in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients? A Multicenter Retrospective Study from Turkey

ÖZ Ad dress for Cor res pon den ce: Nevin İnce MD, Düzce University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Düzce, Turkey Phone: +90 505 350 58 39 E-mail: drnevince@gmail.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-0129-4536 Re cei ved: 05.08.2020 Ac cep ted: 05.09.2020 ©Copyright 2020 by Viral Hepatitis Society / Viral Hepatitis Journal published by Galenos Publishing House. Amaç: Kronik HCV enfeksiyonu olan ve hepatit A veya hepatit B virüsü ile süperenfeksiyonu olan hastalar, HCV enfeksiyonu olmayanlara göre daha yüksek morbidite ve mortaliteye sahiptir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye’nin farklı bölgelerindeki kronik HCV hastalarında hepatit A ve B seroprevalans oranlarını ve bağışıklığı belirlemektir. Objectives: Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and superinfection by hepatitis A or hepatitis B virus have higher morbidity and mortality when compared with those without HCV infection. The aim of this study was to determine hepatitis A and B seroprevalence rates and immunity in patients with chronic HCV in different regions of Turkey. İnce N, Tosun S, Balkan A, Uğuz M, Öztoprak Çuvalcı N, Esen Yıldız İ, Yanık T, Uğurlu K, Çelik N, Durmuş G, İskender G, Coşkuner SA, Doğan M, Ergen P, Gözüküçük R, Bekçibaşı M. How Aware are We of the Immune Status of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis A in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients? A Multicenter Retrospective Study from Turkey.. Viral Hepat J. 2020;26:131-134. 1Düzce University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Düzce, Turkey 2İzmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, İzmir, Turkey 3Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Gaziantep, Turkey 4Silifke State Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Mersin, Turkey 5University of Health Sciences Turkey, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Antalya, Turkey 6Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Rize, Turkey 7Sivas Numune Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Sivas, Turkey 825 Aralık State Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Gaziantep, Turkey 9Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Erzurum, Turkey 10Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bursa, Turkey 11Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara, Turkey 12Çorlu State Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Tekirdağ, Turkey 13İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, İstanbul, Turkey 14Hisar Intercontinental Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, İstanbul, Turkey 15Diyarbakır Bismil State Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Diyarbakır, Turkey Nevin İnce1, Selma Tosun2, Ayhan Balkan3, Mustafa Uğuz4, Nefise Öztoprak Çuvalcı5, İlknur Esen Yıldız6, Tuğba Yanık7, Kenan Uğurlu8, Neslihan Çelik9, Gül Durmuş10, Gülşen İskender11, Seher Ayten Coşkuner2, Mustafa Doğan12, Pınar Ergen13, Ramazan Gözüküçük14, Muhammed Bekçibaşı15 Kronik Hepatit C Hastalarında Hepatit B ve Hepatit A’nın Bağışıklık Durumunun Ne Kadar Farkındayız? Türkiye’den Çok Merkezli Retrospektif Bir Çalışma How Aware are We of the Immune Status of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis A in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients? A Multicenter Retrospective Study from Turkey Doi: 10.4274/vhd.galenos.2020.2020.0028