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01-05-2014 | Oral presentation
Influence of liver fibrosis stage on nevirapine plasma concentration in HIV-infected patients with chronic hepatitis C virus
Authors:
Gordana Dragovic, Colette Smith, Djordje Jevtovic, Mike Youle, David Back
Published in:
BMC Infectious Diseases
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Special Issue 4/2014
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Excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection in HIV positive patients can affect the pharmacokinetics (PK) of antiretroviral drugs that are metabolized by the liver. Therefore, we determined plasma nevirapine (NVP) concentrations (Ctrough) in HIV+ patients with or without HCV co-infection. …