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Simon P Abi-Saleh1, Fatima Ghazal1, Eva Urtasun Sotil2
1Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, USA.
Abstract:
Hepatitis C, a single-stranded RNA virus officially discovered in 1989, is one of the most known viruses of the Flaviviridae family. Direct-acting antiviral drugs helped revolutionize the management of hepatitis C infection by guaranteeing higher cure rates. The medical field has strived to optimize the management of this disease, with recent reports proposing a shorter treatment duration to achieve the sustained virologic response (SVR). We present a case of a patient diagnosed with hepatitis C decompensated liver cirrhosis who achieved the SVR after only two weeks of treatment with sofosbuvir/velpatasvir, suggesting that short-term therapy might be beneficial for these patients.
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