Liver fibrosis and hepatitis B coinfection among ART Na\ve HIV-infected patients at a tertiary level hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

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dc.contributor.authorKilonzo, Semvua B.
dc.contributor.authorGunda, Daniel W.
dc.contributor.authorKashasha, Flora
dc.contributor.authorMpondo, Bonaventura C.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-31T08:04:36Z
dc.date.available2021-08-31T08:04:36Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionFull text article. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/5629130en_US
dc.description.abstractLiver fibrosis which is a common complication of chronic hepatitis B infection is rarely diagnosed in low-resource countries due to limited capacity to perform biopsy studies. Data on the utilization of noninvasive techniques which are feasible for diagnosis of liver fibrosis in these settings among HIV-infected patients is scarce. The objective of this study was to establish the magnitude of liver fibrosis by using both aspartate-aminotransferase-to-platelets ratio and fibrosis-4 scores with associated hepatitis B coinfection among antiretroviral therapy naïve HIV-infected patients. We reviewed data of 743 adult patients attending HIV clinic with available hepatitis B surface antigen test results. Baseline clinical information was recorded and aspartate-aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio and fibrosis-4 scores were calculated. The cut-off values of 1.5 and 3.25 were used for diagnosis of significant fibrosis by aspartate-aminotransferase-to-platelets ratio and fibrosis-4 scores, respectively. Results. The prevalence of liver fibrosis was 3.5% when aspartate-aminotransferase-to-platelet score was used and 4.6% with fibrosis-4 score and they were both significantly higher among patients with hepatitis B coinfection. Younger patients with HIV advanced disease and elevated liver transaminases had increased risk of having hepatitis B coinfection. A remarkable number of HIV-infected patients present with liver fibrosis, predominantly those with hepatitis B infection.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKilonzo, S. B., Gunda, D. W., Kashasha, F., & Mpondo, B. C. (2017). Liver fibrosis and Hepatitis B coinfection among ART Naive HIV-infected patients at a tertiary level hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2017.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI:10.1155/2017/5629130
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3305
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHindawien_US
dc.subjectFibrosisen_US
dc.subjectLiver fibrosisen_US
dc.subjectHepatitisen_US
dc.subjectHepatitis B coinfectionen_US
dc.subjectART naïve HIV-infected patientsen_US
dc.subjectHIV-infected patientsen_US
dc.subjectAntiretroviral therapyen_US
dc.subjectHepatitis B virusen_US
dc.subjectHBVen_US
dc.subjectLiver fibrosisen_US
dc.subjectChronic hepatitisen_US
dc.subjectLiver biopsyen_US
dc.titleLiver fibrosis and hepatitis B coinfection among ART Na\ve HIV-infected patients at a tertiary level hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: a cross-sectional studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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