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Which HIV Treatment is Best for Patients with HIV and Hepatitis C?

September 23, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment
Juan Berenguer
Juan Berenguer

REFERENCE: Abstract V-1385, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007
JUAN BERENGUER, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid
A retrospective study has thrown doubt on the theory that protease inhibitors (PIs) are a preferable antiretroviral treatment for patients co-infected with HIV and Hepatitis C virus. Previous research had suggested that PIs had a more beneficial effect on liver fibrosis than NNRTIs, but a study based at the Hospital Gregorio Marañón in Madrid has found the opposite. Derek Thorne discussed the data with Juan Berenguer.

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