Living Fasciola hepatica in biliary tree: a case reportin a case with congenital biliary anomaly

Here we report a rare case of living Fasciola hepatica in biliary tract. The patient was in acute phase of infection and treated successfully with 10 mg/kg oral triclabendazole after the fluke was extracted using endosco...

Hepatitis B reactivation in patients with multiple myeloma and isolated positive hepatitis B core antibody: a call for greater cognizance

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation is a well-established complication of severe immunosuppression in patients with hematologic malignancy and positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Patients who receive high-dose...

Causes of renal failure in patients with decompensated cirrhosis and its impact in hospital mortality

Background. Renal failure (RF) is reported to occur in 11-49% of the patients with decompensated end-stage liver disease (ESLD) and has been associated with increased mortality, particularly in the occurrence of hepatore...

Acute hepatitis C treatment

There are no well established treatment guidelines about acute hepatitis C (AHC), leaving physicians to make several challenging decisions, such whether to treat, when to treat and what treatment regimens to use. This ar...

MEXICAN CONSENSUS ON THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEPATITIS C INFECTION