Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
J Korean Med Sci. 2021 Nov 29;36(46):e308. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e308.
Because of the very low incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection in Korea, data on hepatitis C virus (HCV)/HIV coinfection are limited. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with HCV/HIV coinfection in Korea.
We performed a retrospective cohort study of all HCV-monoinfected and HCV/HIV-coinfected patients treated with antivirals at National Medical Center in Seoul, Korea, between January 2009 and March 2020.
We enrolled 220 HCV-monoinfected and 23 HCV/HIV-coinfected patients treated with antivirals. The HCV/HIV-coinfected patients were younger (HCV vs. HCV/HIV: 57.3 ± 11.3 vs. 40.7 ± 10.1 years, < 0.001) and had a higher proportion of men (HCV vs. HCV/HIV: 54.5% [n = 120] vs. 91.3% [n = 21], < 0.001) than the HCV-monoinfected patients. Genotype 1b and 2 were most common in both HCV monoinfection and HCV/HIV coinfection groups. HCV-monoinfected patients had a higher incidence of genotype 1b and 2 than HCV/HIV-coinfected patients (HCV vs. HCV/HIV: 95.4% [n = 210] vs. 73.9% [n = 17], < 0.001), while the HCV/HIV-coinfected patients had genotype 1a (HCV vs. HCV/HIV: 1.8% [n = 4] vs. 21.7% [n = 5], < 0.001). The fibrosis-4 index was significantly lower in the HCV/HIV-coinfected patients than in the HCV-monoinfected patients (HCV vs. HCV/HIV: 3.81 ± 3.38 vs. 1.66 ± 1.10, < 0.001). Among the direct-acting antivirals (DAA)-treated patients, the sustained viral response (SVR) rate did not differ significantly between both groups (HCV vs. HCV/HIV: 94.9% [93/99] vs. 90.9% [10/11], = 0.480).
In Korea, the HCV/HIV-coinfected patients who received antiviral treatment were younger, had higher proportion of men and incidence of genotype 1a, and had less advanced fibrosis than the HCV-monoinfected patients. In actual clinical settings, HCV/HIV-coinfected patients show excellent SVR to DAA treatment, similar to HCV-monoinfected patients.
由于韩国人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)合并感染的发生率非常低,因此有关丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)/HIV 合并感染的数据有限。本研究旨在调查韩国 HCV/HIV 合并感染患者的临床特征和治疗结局。
我们对 2009 年 1 月至 2020 年 3 月期间在首尔国立医疗中心接受抗病毒治疗的所有 HCV 单感染和 HCV/HIV 合并感染患者进行了回顾性队列研究。
我们纳入了 220 例 HCV 单感染和 23 例 HCV/HIV 合并感染接受抗病毒治疗的患者。HCV/HIV 合并感染患者较 HCV 单感染患者年轻(HCV 组 vs. HCV/HIV 组:57.3 ± 11.3 岁 vs. 40.7 ± 10.1 岁,<0.001),男性比例更高(HCV 组 vs. HCV/HIV 组:54.5%[n=120] vs. 91.3%[n=21],<0.001)。1b 和 2 型是 HCV 单感染和 HCV/HIV 合并感染组中最常见的基因型。HCV 单感染患者的 1b 和 2 型基因型发生率高于 HCV/HIV 合并感染患者(HCV 组 vs. HCV/HIV 组:95.4%[n=210] vs. 73.9%[n=17],<0.001),而 HCV/HIV 合并感染患者的 1a 型基因型发生率较高(HCV 组 vs. HCV/HIV 组:1.8%[n=4] vs. 21.7%[n=5],<0.001)。与 HCV 单感染患者相比,HCV/HIV 合并感染患者的纤维化 4 指数显著降低(HCV 组 vs. HCV/HIV 组:3.81 ± 3.38 vs. 1.66 ± 1.10,<0.001)。在接受直接作用抗病毒药物(DAA)治疗的患者中,两组的持续病毒学应答(SVR)率无显著差异(HCV 组 vs. HCV/HIV 组:94.9%[93/99] vs. 90.9%[10/11],=0.480)。
在韩国,接受抗病毒治疗的 HCV/HIV 合并感染患者较 HCV 单感染患者年轻,男性比例更高,1a 型基因型发生率更高,且纤维化程度较轻。在实际临床环境中,HCV/HIV 合并感染患者对 DAA 治疗的 SVR 与 HCV 单感染患者相似,效果良好。